A.F.C. Bournemouth vs Manchester United Tickets

Since 1910, Dean Court (Vitality Stadium) has been the home ground of AFC Bournemouth.

This venue holds a capacity of 11,379, and it is among the smallest grounds in the English top flight in recent years. As such, tickets for this match against the Red Devils will be significantly more expensive than the average fixture at Dean Court.

Use the Vitality Stadium seating plan to help you find the most ideal seats at this ground.

AFC Bournemouth vs Manchester United History

The first time these clubs shared a football pitch was in 1949, in the Third Round of the FA Cup. Holders of the Cup at the time, Manchester United duly took a 6-0 victory over Bournemouth but later lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In 1957, Bournemouth and Man United met again in the FA Cup. The Red Devils won this quarter-final tie and went on to reach the final, albeit they were defeated by Aston Villa at Wembley. This came less than a year before the fatal Munich Air Disaster depleted much of Matt Busby’s dominant Man Utd team.

Almost 30 years later, against a team that included the likes of Ray Wilkins, Norman Whiteside, Lou Macari and Bryan Robson, Bournemouth earned a maiden win over Man United in the 1984 FA Cup.

In 2015, these teams met in a league fixture for the first time after Bournemouth had reached the English top flight for the first time.

Bournemouth awaited a first major trophy at the end of the 2022/23 season, more than 120 years since the club was founded. On the other hand, Man United became England’s most successful football club thanks to the brilliance of Sir Alex Ferguson. Under the tutelage of the Scotsman, the Red Devils won 13 league titles in addition to the FA Cup five times and the UEFA Champions League twice.

A few players have played for both Bournemouth and Manchester United:

• Joshua King signed for Man United in 2008, aged 16, though he went on to make just two appearances for the first-team. The Norway international joined Bournemouth on a free transfer in 2015 and featured more than 180 times for the Cherries across a six-year spell.

• Ben Pearson and Joe Rothwell were both born in the vicinity of Manchester in January 1995. They both climbed the ranks of Man United’s youth teams before being released by the club in 2016. The pair of midfielders moved to Bournemouth in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

AFC Bournemouth vs Manchester United Head-to-Head

After gaining promotion to the English top flight for the first time, Bournemouth beat the Red Devils by two goals to one during the 2015/16 Premier League campaign. Junior Stanislas and Josh King were the goalscorers in front of a near-capacity crowd at Dean Court.

In late 2019, the Cherries earned victory over the Old Trafford side for just the third time in 17 meetings. King, formerly a product of the Manchester United Academy, scored the only goal of the game to give Bournemouth a 1-0 victory on the south coast.

In 2022/23, Man United won this fixture by a single goal to zero as Casemiro’s acrobatic effort proved the difference between these teams.

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