Premiership · Matchday 15

Manchester United v Arsenal

2–2

HT 1–1

Wednesday 5th December 2018 · Old Trafford · Att: 74,507

Manchester United drew 2–2 with Arsenal at Old Trafford on Wednesday 5th December 2018 in the Premiership. Anthony Martial (30') and Jesse Lingard (69') scored for United. United were captained by Chris Smalling, and the referee was Andre Marriner.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
26' Shkodran Mustafi Assist: Lucas Torreira 0–1
30' Anthony Martial Assist: Ander Herrera 1–1
37' Shkodran Mustafi
38' Marcos Rojo
40' Jesse Lingard
41' Hector Bellerin
41' Héctor Bellerín
42' Nemanja Matic
Half Time 1–1
63' Romelu Lukaku for Martial
68' Marcos Rojo OG 1–2
69' Jesse Lingard 2–2
72' Marouane Fellaini for Rojo
75' Paul Pogba for Lingard
86' Lucas Torreira
Full Time 2–2

Match Facts

45%

Possession

3-4-3

Formation

Andre Marriner

Referee

Chris Smalling

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

3 Eric Bailly

10 Marcus Rashford

11 Anthony Martial 30'

12 Chris Smalling

14 Jesse Lingard 69'

16 Marcos Rojo 68'

Substitutes

63' for Martial

72' for Rojo

75' for Lingard

Arsenal Lineup

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

2 Héctor Bellerín RM

5 Sokratis Papastathopoulos CD

8 Aaron Ramsey CF-R

11 Lucas Torreira CM-R

14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang F

16 Rob Holding CD-L

17 Alex Iwobi CF-L

19 Bernd Leno G

20 Shkodran Mustafi CD-R ⚽

29 Matteo Guendouzi CM-L

31 Sead Kolasinac LM

Substitutes

1 Petr Cech

4 Mohamed Elneny

7 Henrikh Mkhitaryan on

9 Alexandre Lacazette on

12 Stephan Lichtsteiner on

15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles

49 Eddie Nketiah

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Unai Emery

Arsenal

Match Information

Man Utd

3-4-3

Formation

Arsenal

3-4-2-1

Man Utd Arsenal

45%

Possession

55%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.40

Avg Player Rating

6.44

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 228 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 228 times: 96W 51D 81L.

7 May 2017 L 0–2 PL 2 Dec 2017 W 3–1 PL 29 Apr 2018 W 2–1 PL

5 Dec 2018 D 2–2 This match

25 Jan 2019 W 3–1 FAC 10 Mar 2019 L 0–2 PL 30 Sep 2019 D 1–1 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

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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 →