Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 5 December 2018

Result

Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Wednesday 5 December 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal: match report

Manchester United drew with Arsenal 2-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 5 December 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Nurgzay Khayrulin opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Anthony Martial (30') and Jesse Lingard (69'). Arsenal scored through Nurgzay Khayrulin (26') and an own goal by Marcos Rojo (68').

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

Going into the game Manchester United were 9th on 22 points from 14 and Arsenal 4th on 30 points from 14. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Arsenal 5th with 70.

Manchester United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Arsenal in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Torreira of Arsenal (7.8), ahead of Ander Herrera (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Anthony MartialManchester United · 1-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal
  • 38'Yellow card · Marcos RojoManchester United
  • 40'Yellow card · Jesse LingardManchester United
  • 41'Yellow card · Héctor BellerínArsenal
  • 42'Yellow card · Nemanja MatićManchester United
  • 68'Own goal · Marcos RojoArsenal · 1-2
  • 69'Goal · Jesse LingardManchester United · 2-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Lucas TorreiraArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 3, Arsenal 2.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (3-4-1-2)

David de Gea, Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Diogo Dalot, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Matteo Darmian, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial

Arsenal line-up (3-4-2-1)

Bernd Leno, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis, Rob Holding, Héctor Bellerín, Lucas Torreira, Mattéo Guendouzi, Sead Kolasinac, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Iwobi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang