Premiership · Matchday 35

Arsenal v Manchester United

1–1

HT 1–1

Sunday 28th April 2013 · Emirates Stadium · Att: 60,112

Manchester United drew 1–1 with Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Sunday 28th April 2013 in the Premiership. Robin van Persie (44') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
2' Theo Walcott Assist: Tomas Rosicky 1–0
17' Phil Jones
23' Rafael da Silva
27' Robin van Persie
30' Jonny Evans
33' Theo Walcott
43' Bacary Sagna
44' Robin van Persie pen 1–1
Half Time 1–1
65' Antonio Valencia
73' Oliveira Anderson for Rafael
81' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
83' Ryan Giggs for Nani
88' Javier Hernandez for Rooney
Full Time 1–1

Match Facts

Robin van Persie's 28th goal of 2012-2013, and his 28th for United.

Starting XI

Player

20 Robin van Persie 44'

Substitutes

Oliveira Anderson

73' for Rafael

Ryan Giggs

83' for Nani

Javier Hernandez

88' for Rooney

Arsenal Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

1 Wojciech Szczesny G

3 Bacary Sagna RB

4 Per Mertesacker CD-R

6 Laurent Koscielny CD-L

7 Tomas Rosicky AM

8 Mikel Arteta RM

9 Lukas Podolski F

14 Theo Walcott AM-R ⚽

16 Aaron Ramsey LM

19 Santi Cazorla AM-L

28 Kieran Gibbs LB

Substitutes

5 Thomas Vermaelen

10 Jack Wilshere on

15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on

17 Nacho Monreal

24 Vito Mannone

25 Carl Jenkinson

27 Gervinho 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

4-2-3-1

Formation

Arsenal

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Arsenal

55%

Possession

45%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 216 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 216 times: 91W 47D 78L.

28 Aug 2011 W 8–2 PL 22 Jan 2012 W 2–1 PL 3 Nov 2012 W 2–1 PL

28 Apr 2013 D 1–1 This match

10 Nov 2013 W 1–0 PL 12 Feb 2014 D 0–0 PL 22 Nov 2014 W 2–1 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

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 →