Man United vs Bournemouth

30 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Lee Mason

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Paul Pogba 5’, 33’
Marcus Rashford 45’
Romelu Lukaku 72’

Nathan Aké 45+2’

Match summary

Man United won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Bournemouth. Man United led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Paul Pogba put Man United ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford, Pogba made it 2-0 with a header in the 33rd minute, set up by Ander Herrera, Marcus Rashford made it 3-0 in the 45th minute, set up by Anthony Martial, and Nathan Aké pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by David Brooks. In the second half, Romelu Lukaku made it 4-1 in the 72nd minute, set up by Paul Pogba.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 3.45 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Bournemouth's 0.71 from 7. Man United had a player sent off.

Match stats

11 Shots 7

8 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 0

1 Red Cards 0

3.42 xG 0.71

3.42 Non-penalty xG 0.71

10 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Man United Bournemouth

Kick-off

Paul Pogba
Assist: Marcus Rashford

1-0

5’

Paul Pogba
Assist: Ander Herrera

2-0

33’

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Anthony Martial

3-0

45’

45+2’

Nathan Aké
Assist: David Brooks

3-1

Half-time3-1

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Paul Pogba

4-1

72’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Eric Bailly
Ashley Young
Ander Herrera

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man United 3.45 xGBournemouth 0.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bournemouth attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Young	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	DEF	81			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			1	0.39	0.00	0
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Ander Herrera	MID	78		1	1	0.11	0.53	2
Jesse Lingard	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Paul Pogba	MID	90	2	1	5	1.47	0.86	3
Anthony Martial	MID	84		1	0	0.00	0.73	2
Marcus Rashford	FWD	72	1	1	3	1.13	0.80	1
Romelu Lukaku	Sub	18	1		1	0.35	0.00	0
Andreas Pereira	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Phil Jones	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Asmir Begovic	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Steve Cook	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.13	2
Charlie Daniels	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Aké	DEF	84	1		2	0.49	0.00	0
Jordon Ibe	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diego Rico	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Andrew Surman	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Junior Stanislas	MID	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
David Brooks	MID	68		1	0	0.00	0.49	2
Joshua King	FWD	90			2	0.13	0.00	0
Callum Wilson	FWD	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lys Mousset	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Fraser	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.02	1
Tyrone Mings	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 71% Bet365 odds 1.33

Draw 20% Bet365 odds 4.75

Bournemouth win 9% Bet365 odds 10.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United D W L W W

Bournemouth W L L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bournemouth 1-2 Man United, 03 Nov 18 Next meeting: Bournemouth 1-0 Man United, 02 Nov 19 All Man United vs Bournemouth meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.