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Premiership · Matchday 22

Arsenal v Manchester United

1–2
HT 0–1
Sunday 22nd January 2012 · Emirates Stadium · Att: 60,093

Manchester United beat Arsenal 2–1 at Emirates Stadium on Sunday 22nd January 2012 in the Premiership. Antonio Valencia (45'+1') and Danny Welbeck (81') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 17' Rafael da Silva for Jones
  3. 43' Aaron Ramsey
  4. 44' Rafael da Silva
  5. 45+1' Antonio Valencia Assist: Ryan Giggs 0–1
  6. Half Time 0–1
  7. 71' Robin van Persie Assist: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 1–1
  8. 73' Laurent Koscielny
  9. 75' Paul Scholes for Nani
  10. 76' Ji-Sung Park for Rafael
  11. 81' Danny Welbeck Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 1–2
  12. 85' Robin van Persie
  13. 86' Tomas Rosicky
  14. 90' Alexandre Song
  15. 90' Patrice Evra
  16. Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
3 Patrice Evra
4 Phil Jones
6 Jonny Evans
10 Wayne Rooney
11 Ryan Giggs
12 Chris Smalling
16 Michael Carrick
17 Luis Nani
19 Danny Welbeck 81'
25 Antonio Valencia 45'+1
34 Anders Lindegaard
Substitutes
Rafael da Silva
17' for Jones
Paul Scholes
75' for Nani
Ji-Sung Park
76' for Rafael

Arsenal Lineup

4-3-3
Starting XI
4 Per Mertesacker CD-R
5 Thomas Vermaelen LB
6 Laurent Koscielny CD-L
7 Tomas Rosicky LM
10 Robin van Persie F
13 Wojciech Szczesny G
14 Theo Walcott AM-R
15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain AM-L
16 Aaron Ramsey RCF
17 Alex Song RM
20 Johan Djourou RB
Substitutes
1 Manuel Almunia
9 Park Chu-Young on
18 Sébastien Squillaci
23 Andrey Arshavin on
30 Yossi Benayoun
49 Ignasi Miquel
56 Li Ke 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

Man Utd
4-4-1-1
Formation
Arsenal
4-3-3
Man Utd Arsenal
50%
Possession
50%
11
Shots
14
6
Shots on Target
7
5
Corners
0
7
Fouls
18
4
Offsides
0

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 214 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 214 times: 90W 46D 78L.
12 Mar 2011 W 2–0 FAC 1 May 2011 L 0–1 PL 28 Aug 2011 W 8–2 PL
22 Jan 2012 W 2–1 This match
3 Nov 2012 W 2–1 PL 28 Apr 2013 D 1–1 PL 10 Nov 2013 W 1–0 PL
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 117663021 21110456.4
Away 117312165 14623026.5
Neutral 11344 111527.3
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 →