MANCHESTER. Wolverhampton Wanderers conquers Manchester United 1-0 after J. Moutinho scored just 1 goal (82′).

The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Monday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Mike Dean with the collaboration of Darren Cann and Edward Smart. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.1 degrees Celsius or 46.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference 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

Wolverhampton Wanderers was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Wolverhampton Wanderers won the encounter.​

Manchester United shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Manchester United received 3 yellow cards (S. McTominay, L. Shaw and N. Matic). On the opposite side, Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card (Jose Sa).

Standings

After playing this match, Manchester United will stay with 31 points to hold in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Wolverhampton Wanderers will have 28 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester United will play away against Aston Villa on the 15th of January with a 22-3 head to head record in favor of Manchester United (5 draws).

Wolverhampton Wanderers will host Southampton on the 15th of January with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (6 draws).

Manchester United – Formation

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

The manager Ralf Rangnick decided to play with the following team: David De Gea (7.4), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (7.0), Phil Jones (7.6), Raphaël Varane (7.0), Luke Shaw (6.7), Scott McTominay (6.7), Nemanja Matić (7.8), Mason Greenwood (6.6), Jadon Sancho (6.4), Edinson Cavani (6.9) and Cristiano Ronaldo (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Marcus Rashford (6.5), Dean Henderson, Bruno Fernandes (7.0), Anthony Elanga (6.6), Donny van de Beek, Jesse Lingard, Fred, Diogo Dalot and Alex Telles.

Substitutions

Manchester United made 3 changes: M. Greenwood for B. Fernandes (60′), J. Sancho for M. Rashford (76′) and A. Wan-Bissaka for A. Elanga (84′).

Best player: Nemanja Matić​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester United was Nemanja Matić.

His rating is (7.8) with 63 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Formation

Wolverhampton Wanderers started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento played with: José Sá (7.3), Max Kilman (6.9), Conor Coady (7.1), Romain Saïss (7.1), Nélson Semedo (7.4), Rúben Neves (6.9), João Moutinho (8.4), Fernando Marçal (6.8), Francisco Trincão (7.2), Raúl Jiménez (6.6) and Daniel Podence (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: John Ruddy, Adama Traoré (6.2), Leander Dendoncker (6.8), Bruno Jordão, Rayan Aït Nouri, Ki-Jana Hoever, Luke Cundle, Fábio Silva (6.5) and Hugo Bueno.

Substitutions

Wolverhampton Wanderers made 3 changes: Trincao for A. Traore (66′), R. Jimenez for F. Silva (81′) and D. Podence for L. Dendoncker (88′).

Best player: João Moutinho​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wolverhampton Wanderers was João Moutinho.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 60 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Manchester United – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 0-1