Premiership · Matchday 15

Arsenal v Manchester United

1–3

HT 0–2

Saturday 2nd December 2017 · Emirates Stadium · Att: 59,547

Manchester United beat Arsenal 3–1 at Emirates Stadium on Saturday 2nd December 2017 in the Premiership. Antonio Valencia (4') and Jesse Lingard (11', 63') scored for United. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Andre Marriner.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
4' Antonio Valencia Assist: Paul Pogba 0–1
11' Jesse Lingard Assist: Anthony Martial 0–2
Half Time 0–2
49' Alexandre Lacazette Assist: Aaron Ramsey 1–2
58' Marcos Rojo
63' Jesse Lingard Assist: Paul Pogba 1–3
67' Ander Herrera for Martial
72' Hector Bellerin
72' Héctor Bellerín
74' Paul Pogba
76' Matteo Darmian for Lingard
87' Laurent Koscielny
89' Alexis Sánchez
89' Ander Herrera
90' Marcus Rashford for Young
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

24%

Possession

3-4-3

Formation

Andre Marriner

Referee

Antonio Valencia

Captain

Starting XI

Player

14 Jesse Lingard 11', 63'

18 Ashley Young

25 Antonio Valencia 4'

Substitutes

67' for Martial

76' for Lingard

90' for Young

Arsenal Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

6 Laurent Koscielny CD-R

7 Alexis Sánchez CF-L

8 Aaron Ramsey CM-R

9 Alexandre Lacazette F ⚽

11 Mesut Özil CF-R

18 Nacho Monreal CD-L

20 Shkodran Mustafi CD

24 Héctor Bellerín RM

29 Granit Xhaka CM-L

31 Sead Kolasinac LM

33 Petr Cech G

Substitutes

4 Per Mertesacker

10 Jack Wilshere

12 Olivier Giroud on

13 David Ospina

17 Alex Iwobi on

23 Danny Welbeck on

34 Francis Coquelin

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

3-4-2-1

Formation

Arsenal

4-4-2

Man Utd Arsenal

24%

Possession

76%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.37

Avg Player Rating

6.44

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 226 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 226 times: 95W 50D 81L.

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

2 Dec 2017 W 3–1 This match

29 Apr 2018 W 2–1 PL 5 Dec 2018 D 2–2 PL 25 Jan 2019 W 3–1 FAC

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 →