FA Cup · 4th Round

Arsenal v Manchester United

1–3

HT 1–2

Friday 25th January 2019 · Emirates Stadium · Att: 59,571

Manchester United beat Arsenal 3–1 at Emirates Stadium on Friday 25th January 2019 in the FA Cup. Alexis Sanchez (31'), Jesse Lingard (33') and Anthony Martial (82') scored for United. United were captained by Ashley Young, and the referee was Craig Pawson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
31' Alexis Sanchez Assist: Romelu Lukaku 0–1
33' Jesse Lingard Assist: Romelu Lukaku 0–2
43' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Assist: Alexandre Lacazette 1–2
Half Time 1–2
54' Laurent Koscielny
68' Ashley Young
72' Marcus Rashford for Lukaku
72' Anthony Martial for Sanchez
76' Jesse Lingard
82' Anthony Martial 1–3
86' Marcus Rashford
86' Sead Kolasinac
88' Phil Jones for Lingard
90' Matteo Guendouzi
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

A 8th consecutive win in all competitions.
Alexis Sanchez's 2nd goal of 2018-2019, and his 5th for United.
Jesse Lingard's 5th goal of 2018-2019, and his 29th for United.
Anthony Martial's 10th goal of 2018-2019, and his 46th for United.

37%

Possession

4-3-1-2

Formation

Craig Pawson

Referee

Ashley Young

Captain

Starting XI

Player

7 Alexis Sanchez 31'

14 Jesse Lingard 33'

Substitutes

72' for Lukaku

72' for Sanchez

82'

Phil Jones

88' for Lingard

Arsenal Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

1 Petr Cech G

5 Sokratis Papastathopoulos CD-R

6 Laurent Koscielny CD-L

8 Aaron Ramsey AM

9 Alexandre Lacazette F

11 Lucas Torreira RM

14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang AM-R ⚽

15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles RB

17 Alex Iwobi AM-L

31 Sead Kolasinac LB

34 Granit Xhaka LM

Substitutes

4 Mohamed Elneny

10 Mesut Özil on

12 Stephan Lichtsteiner

18 Nacho Monreal

19 Bernd Leno

20 Shkodran Mustafi on

29 Matteo Guendouzi on

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

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Unai Emery

Arsenal

Match Information

Man Utd

4-3-3

Formation

Arsenal

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Arsenal

37%

Possession

63%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.12

Avg Player Rating

6.28

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 229 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 229 times: 97W 51D 81L.

2 Dec 2017 W 3–1 PL 29 Apr 2018 W 2–1 PL 5 Dec 2018 D 2–2 PL

25 Jan 2019 W 3–1 This match

10 Mar 2019 L 0–2 PL 30 Sep 2019 D 1–1 PL 1 Jan 2020 L 0–2 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 →