Premiership · Matchday 35

Manchester United v Arsenal

2–1

HT 1–0

Sunday 29th April 2018 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,035

Manchester United beat Arsenal 2–1 at Old Trafford on Sunday 29th April 2018 in the Premiership. Paul Pogba (16') and Marouane Fellaini (90'+1') scored for United. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Kevin Friend.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
16' Paul Pogba 1–0
24' Granit Xhaka
Half Time 1–0
50' Marcus Rashford for Lukaku
51' Henrikh Mkhitaryan Assist: Granit Xhaka 1–1
64' Marouane Fellaini for Lingard
64' Anthony Martial for Herrera
90+1' Marouane Fellaini Assist: Ashley Young 2–1
Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

60%

Possession

4-3-3

Formation

Kevin Friend

Referee

Antonio Valencia

Captain

Starting XI

Player

6 Paul Pogba 16'

Substitutes

50' for Lukaku

64' for Lingard

90'+1

Anthony Martial

64' for Herrera

Arsenal Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

7 Henrikh Mkhitaryan AM-R ⚽

13 David Ospina G

14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang F

17 Alex Iwobi AM

21 Calum Chambers CD-R

24 Héctor Bellerín RB

27 Konstantinos Mavropanos CD-L

29 Granit Xhaka LM

30 Ainsley Maitland-Niles RM

31 Sead Kolasinac LB

61 Reiss Nelson AM-L

Substitutes

16 Rob Holding

18 Nacho Monreal on

23 Danny Welbeck on

33 Petr Cech

62 Eddie Nketiah

63 Jordi Osei-Tutu

69 Joe Willock on

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Arsene Wenger

Arsenal

Match Information

Man Utd

4-3-3

Formation

Arsenal

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Arsenal

60%

Possession

40%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.86

Avg Player Rating

6.48

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 227 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 227 times: 96W 50D 81L.

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

29 Apr 2018 W 2–1 This match

5 Dec 2018 D 2–2 PL 25 Jan 2019 W 3–1 FAC 10 Mar 2019 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 →