Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2009
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2009, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal: match report
Manchester United won against Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 August 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Andrey Arshavin opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (59', penalty) and an own goal by Abou Diaby (64'). Arsenal scored through Andrey Arshavin (40').
Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 5th on 6 points from 3 and Arsenal 4th on 6 points from 2. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 75.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · A. Song
- 32'Yellow card · William Gallas
- 35'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 40'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
- 44'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 58'Yellow card · Almunia
- 59'Penalty goal · Wayne Rooney
- 62'Yellow card · Wes Brown
- 62'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 64'Own goal · Abou Diaby
- 70'Yellow card · Emmanuel Eboué
- 75'Yellow card · Bacary Sagna
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Gary Neville, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs
Arsenal line-up (4-1-4-1)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Denílson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen