Premiership · Matchday 14

Manchester United v Arsenal

3–2

HT 1–1

Thursday 2nd December 2021 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,123

Manchester United beat Arsenal 3–2 at Old Trafford on Thursday 2nd December 2021 in the Premiership. Bruno Fernandes (44') and Cristiano Ronaldo (52', 70') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Martin Atkinson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
13' Emile Smith Rowe Assist: Mohamed Elneny 0–1
44' Bruno Fernandes Assist: Fred 1–1
45' Scott McTominay
Half Time 1–1
52' Cristiano Ronaldo Assist: Marcus Rashford 2–1
54' Martin Odegaard 2–2
70' Cristiano Ronaldo pen 3–2
79' Jesse Lingard for Rashford
88' Anthony Martial for Ronaldo
90' Donny van de Beek for Fernandes
Full Time 3–2

Match Facts

44%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Martin Atkinson

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

2 Victor Lindelof

5 Harry Maguire

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 52', 70'

10 Marcus Rashford

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

18 Bruno Fernandes 44'

Substitutes

79' for Rashford

88' for Ronaldo

90' for Fernandes

Arsenal Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

4 Ben White CD-R

5 Thomas Partey CM-R

6 Gabriel Magalhães CD-L

8 Martin Ødegaard RCF ⚽

10 Emile Smith Rowe LM ⚽

14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang F

18 Takehiro Tomiyasu RB

20 Nuno Tavares LB

25 Mohamed Elneny CM-L

32 Aaron Ramsdale G

35 Gabriel Martinelli RM

Substitutes

3 Kieran Tierney

7 Bukayo Saka on

9 Alexandre Lacazette on

15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles

16 Rob Holding

19 Nicolas Pépé

23 Albert Sambi Lokonga

30 Eddie Nketiah on

33 Arthur Okonkwo

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Michael Carrick

Manchester United

OPP

Mikel Arteta

Arsenal

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Arsenal

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Arsenal

44%

Possession

56%

1.9

Expected Goals (xG)

1.4

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.40

Avg Player Rating

6.70

27.5

Avg Age

24.7

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 235 of 245

245

Played

100

Won

Drawn

Lost

368

Goals For

349

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 13th October 1894. After this match United had played Arsenal 235 times: 98W 53D 84L.

1 Jan 2020 L 0–2 PL 1 Nov 2020 L 0–1 PL 30 Jan 2021 D 0–0 PL

2 Dec 2021 W 3–2 This match

23 Apr 2022 L 1–3 PL 4 Sep 2022 W 3–1 PL 22 Jan 2023 L 2–3 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	117	66	30	21	211	104	56.4
Away	117	31	21	65	146	230	26.5
Neutral	11	3	4	4	11	15	27.3

All 245 meetings with Arsenal →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →