Premiership · Matchday 27

Manchester United v Arsenal

3–2

HT 2–1

Sunday 28th February 2016 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,329

Manchester United beat Arsenal 3–2 at Old Trafford on Sunday 28th February 2016 in the Premiership. Marcus Rashford (29', 32') and Ander Herrera (65') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
9' Guillermo Varela
22' Michael Carrick
29' Marcus Rashford 1–0
32' Marcus Rashford Assist: Jesse Lingard 2–0
40' Danny Welbeck Assist: Mesut Özil 2–1
Half Time 2–1
55' Timothy Fosu-Mensah for Rojo
65' Ander Herrera Assist: Marcus Rashford 3–1
69' Mesut Ozil 3–2
71' Aaron Ramsey
72' Ander Herrera
73' Mohamed Elneny
80' Adnan Januzaj for Rashford
90' Adnan Januzaj
90' Mesut Özil
90' James Weir for Herrera
Full Time 3–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

21 Ander Herrera 65'

28 Morgan Schneiderlin

30 Guillermo Varela

35 Jesse Lingard

39 Marcus Rashford 29', 32'

Substitutes

Timothy Fosu-Mensah

55' for Rojo

Adnan Januzaj

80' for Rashford

James Weir

90' for Herrera

Arsenal Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

5 Gabriel Paulista CD-R

6 Laurent Koscielny CD-L

11 Mesut Özil AM ⚽

14 Theo Walcott F

16 Aaron Ramsey LM

17 Alexis Sánchez AM-L

18 Nacho Monreal LB

23 Danny Welbeck AM-R ⚽

24 Héctor Bellerín RB

33 Petr Cech G

34 Francis Coquelin RM

Substitutes

3 Kieran Gibbs

4 Per Mertesacker

12 Olivier Giroud on

13 David Ospina

28 Joel Campbell

35 Mohamed Elneny on

45 Alex Iwobi on

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Managers

MUFC

Louis van Gaal

Manchester United

OPP

Arsene Wenger

Arsenal

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Arsenal

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Arsenal

39%

Possession

61%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 223 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 223 times: 94W 49D 80L.

9 Mar 2015 L 1–2 FAC 17 May 2015 D 1–1 PL 4 Oct 2015 L 0–3 PL

28 Feb 2016 W 3–2 This match

19 Nov 2016 D 1–1 PL 7 May 2017 L 0–2 PL 2 Dec 2017 W 3–1 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 →