Premiership · Matchday 34
Manchester United v Arsenal
2–1
Manchester United beat Arsenal 2–1 at Old Trafford on Sunday 13th April 2008 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (54') and Owen Hargreaves (72') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 15' Wesley Brown
- 38' Robin van Persie
- Half Time
- 48' Emmanuel Adebayor 0–1
- 52' William Gallas
- 53' Jens Lehmann
- 54' Cristiano Ronaldo pen 1–1
- 55' Oliveira Anderson for Scholes
- 55' Carlos Tevez for Park
- 56' Aleksandr Hleb
- 59' Michael Carrick
- 63' Emmanuel Adebayor
- 72' Owen Hargreaves 2–1
- 89' Ryan Giggs for Hargreaves
- 90' Justin Hoyte
- Full Time 2–1
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Oliveira Anderson
55' for Scholes
Carlos Tevez
55' for Park
Ryan Giggs
89' for Hargreaves
Arsenal Lineup
Starting XI
1 Jens Lehmann G
4 Cesc Fàbregas M
5 Kolo Touré D
10 William Gallas D
11 Robin van Persie F
13 Aleksandr Hleb M
17 Alex Song M
19 Gilberto Silva M
22 Gaël Clichy D
25 Emmanuel Adebayor F ⚽
27 Emmanuel Eboué D
Substitutes
20 Johan Djourou
21 Lukasz Fabianski
26 Nicklas Bendtner on
31 Justin Hoyte on
32 Theo Walcott on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Arsene Wenger
Arsenal
Match Information
United vs Arsenal History
Meeting 203 of 245
245
Played
100
Won
55
Drawn
90
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 203 times: 82W 45D 76L.
21 Jan 2007 L 1–2 PL 3 Nov 2007 D 2–2 PL 16 Feb 2008 W 4–0 FAC
13 Apr 2008 W 2–1 This match
8 Nov 2008 L 1–2 PL 29 Apr 2009 W 1–0 EC 5 May 2009 W 3–1 EC | 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 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →