Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 April 2006

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 9 April 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal: match report

Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 April 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (54') and Park Ji-Sung (78'). Arsenal did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 72 points from 32 and Arsenal 6th on 53 points from 31. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Arsenal 4th with 67.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Yellow card · Gilberto SilvaArsenal
  • 54'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 71'Yellow card · John O'SheaManchester United
  • 76'Yellow card · Mikaël SilvestreManchester United
  • 78'Goal · Park Ji-SungManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, John O'Shea

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Philippe Senderos, Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, Alexander Hleb, Cesc Fàbregas, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor