Premiership · Matchday 34

Arsenal v Manchester United

3–1

HT 2–1

Saturday 23rd April 2022 · Emirates Stadium · Att: 60,223

Manchester United lost 1–3 to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Saturday 23rd April 2022 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (34') scored for United. United were captained by Bruno Fernandes, and the referee was Craig Pawson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
3' Nuno Tavares 1–0
31' Alex Telles
32' Bukayo Saka pen 2–0
34' Cristiano Ronaldo Assist: Nemanja Matic 2–1
Half Time 2–1
67' Granit Xhaka
68' Nuno Tavares
70' Granit Xhaka Assist: Mohamed Elneny 3–1
76' Bruno Fernandes
77' Marcus Rashford for Matic
77' Jesse Lingard for Elanga
79' Mohamed Elneny
82' Victor Lindelof
84' Juan Mata for Fernandes
90' Cristiano Ronaldo
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

Cristiano Ronaldo's 22nd goal of 2021-2022, and his 139th for United.

46%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Craig Pawson

Referee

Bruno Fernandes

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

2 Victor Lindelof

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 34'

Substitutes

77' for Matic

77' for Elanga

84' for Fernandes

Arsenal Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

4 Ben White CD-R

6 Gabriel Magalhães CD-L

7 Bukayo Saka AM-R ⚽

8 Martin Ødegaard AM

10 Emile Smith Rowe AM-L

17 Cédric RB

20 Nuno Tavares LB ⚽

25 Mohamed Elneny RM

30 Eddie Nketiah F

32 Aaron Ramsdale G

34 Granit Xhaka LM ⚽

Substitutes

1 Bernd Leno

9 Alexandre Lacazette

16 Rob Holding on

18 Takehiro Tomiyasu on

19 Nicolas Pépé

23 Albert Sambi Lokonga

35 Gabriel Martinelli on

38 Miguel Azeez

69 Zak Swanson

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

Managers

MUFC

Ralf Rangnick

Manchester United

OPP

Mikel Arteta

Arsenal

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Arsenal

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Arsenal

46%

Possession

54%

1.8

Expected Goals (xG)

2.6

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.60

Avg Player Rating

7.20

27.9

Avg Age

24.9

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 236 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 236 times: 98W 53D 85L.

1 Nov 2020 L 0–1 PL 30 Jan 2021 D 0–0 PL 2 Dec 2021 W 3–2 PL

23 Apr 2022 L 1–3 This match

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

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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 →