Man United vs Huddersfield

26 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Nemanja Matic 28’
Paul Pogba 64’, 78’

Zanka 88’

Match summary

Man United won 3-1 at home to Huddersfield. Man United led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Nemanja Matic put Man United ahead from a corner in the 28th minute. In the second half, Paul Pogba made it 2-0 in the 64th minute, set up by Ander Herrera, Pogba made it 3-0 in the 78th minute, set up by Jesse Lingard, and Zanka pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 88th minute, set up by Steve Mounie.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 1.80 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Huddersfield's 1.41 from 10.

Match stats

16 Shots 10

10 Shots on Target 2

5 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.80 xG 1.41

1.80 Non-penalty xG 1.41

9 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Man United Huddersfield

Kick-off

Nemanja Matic

1-0

28’

Half-time1-0

Paul Pogba
Assist: Ander Herrera

2-0

64’

Paul Pogba
Assist: Jesse Lingard

3-0

78’

88’

Zanka
Assist: Steve Mounie

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Man United

Fred

Huddersfield

Elias Kachunga

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 1.80 xGHuddersfield 1.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Huddersfield 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
Diogo Dalot	DEF	54			1	0.34	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Phil Jones	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.08	1
Nemanja Matic	MID	90	1		1	0.76	0.10	1
Fred	MID	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Mata	MID	82			1	0.08	0.04	1
Paul Pogba	MID	90	2		5	0.23	0.13	3
Jesse Lingard	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.02	1
Marcus Rashford	FWD	90			4	0.21	0.39	3
Ashley Young	Sub	36			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ander Herrera	Sub	35		1	0	0.00	0.10	1
Angel Gomes	Sub	8			1	0.08	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jonas Lössl	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Erik Durm	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Zanka	DEF	90	1		1	0.60	0.00	0
Christopher Schindler	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Terence Kongolo	DEF	90			1	0.45	0.00	0
Philip Billing	MID	90			2	0.07	0.04	1
Florent Hadergjonaj	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elias Kachunga	MID	58			1	0.03	0.00	0
Alex Pritchard	MID	90			1	0.01	0.56	3
Isaac Mbenza	MID	63			2	0.10	0.00	0
Laurent Depoitre	FWD	74			2	0.14	0.07	1
Chris Löwe	Sub	32			0	0.00	0.00	0
Collin Quaner	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Steve Mounie	Sub	16		1	0	0.00	0.61	2

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 78% Bet365 odds 1.25

Draw 15% Bet365 odds 6.50

Huddersfield win 7% Bet365 odds 15.00

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

Form going into the game

Man United D D W L W

Huddersfield L L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

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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.