Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 31 January 2010

Result

Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 31 January 2010, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United: match report

Arsenal were beaten by Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 January 2010. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Arsenal's goal came from Thomas Vermaelen (80'). Manchester United scored through an own goal by Almunia (33'), Wayne Rooney (37') and Park Ji-Sung (52').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 49 points from 23 and Manchester United 2nd on 50 points from 23. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 85.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 4 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Manchester United's W-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · A. SongArsenal
  • 33'Own goal · AlmuniaManchester United · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-2
  • 52'Goal · Park Ji-SungManchester United · 0-3
  • 80'Goal · Thomas VermaelenArsenal · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 2, Manchester United 4.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Alex Song, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Jonny Evans, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Carlos Alberto Tevez