MANCHESTER. Manchester United prevails over Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 after R. Varane scored just 1 goal (76′).

The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Simon Hooper with the help of Simon Long and Adrian Holmes. The 4th official was Andy Madley. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.97 degrees Celsius or 62.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Manchester United was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Manchester United was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester United won the match​.

Manchester United shot 15 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Wolverhampton Wanderers shot 23 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Manchester United received 2 yellow cards (Lisandro Martínez and Luke Shaw). Regarding the opposition, Wolverhampton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards (M. Lemina, R. Aït-Nouri, Pedro Neto and Gary O’Neil).

Standings

After this match, Manchester United has 3 points to occupy the 7th place in the standings. On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers stays with 0 points (16th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester United will play away with Sheffield United on the 21st of October with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester United (1 draw).

Wolverhampton Wanderers will play away agasint AFC Bournemouth on the 21st of October with a 3-3 head to head record.

Manchester United – Formation

Manchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Erik ten Hag decided to play with the following team: André Onana (8.1), Diogo Dalot, Aaron Wan-Bissaka (7.5), Raphaël Varane (7.9), Lisandro Martínez (6.4), Luke Shaw (7.5), Casemiro (7.5), Antony (7.3), Bruno Fernandes (7.3), Mason Mount (7.0), Alejandro Garnacho (7.1) and Marcus Rashford (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Victor Lindelöf (6.8), Harry Maguire, Anthony Martial, Dean Henderson, Facundo Pellistri (6.7), Scott McTominay (6.4), Christian Eriksen (6.8) and Jadon Sancho (6.7).

Substitutions

Manchester United made 5 changes: Lisandro Martínez for Victor Lindelöf (46′), Mason Mount for Christian Eriksen (68′), Alejandro Garnacho for Jadon Sancho (68′), Antony for Facundo Pellistri (77′) and Marcus Rashford for Scott McTominay (88′).

Best player: André Onana​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester United was the goalkeeper: André Onana. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Formation

Wolverhampton Wanderers started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Gary O’Neil played with: José Sá (7.1), Nélson Semedo (7.7), C. Dawson (8.1), M. Kilman (7.3), R. Aït-Nouri (7.0), Pedro Neto (8.1), Joe Hodge, João Gomes (7.5), M. Lemina (6.8), Matheus Nunes (7.5), Pablo Sarabia (7.1) and Matheus Cunha (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Hugo Bueno (6.8), Matt Doherty, Boubacar Traoré, Hwang Hee-Chan (7.0), S. Kalajdzic (6.8), Toti Gomes, Daniel Bentley, Fábio Silva (7.1) and Boubacar Traore.

Substitutions

Wolverhampton Wanderers made 4 changes: Pablo Sarabia for Hee-Chan Hwang (63′), R. Aït-Nouri for Hugo Bueno (77′), Matheus Cunha for Fábio Silva (77′) and João Gomes for Saša Kalajdžić (88′).

Best player: Pedro Neto​

The player that probably impressed the most for Wolverhampton Wanderers was Pedro Neto.

His rating is (8.1) with 30 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Manchester United – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 1-0