Manchester United Data
Premiership · Matchday 17

Manchester United v Arsenal

2–0
Saturday 7th December 2002 · Old Trafford · Att: 67,650

Manchester United beat Arsenal 2–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 7th December 2002 in the Premiership. Juan Sebastian Veron (21') and Paul Scholes (73') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 21' Juan Sebastian Veron 1–0
  3. Half Time
  4. 73' Paul Scholes 2–0
  5. 80' Gary Neville
  6. 82' Oleg Luzhny
  7. 86' Pascal Cygan
  8. Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Arsenal Lineup

Starting XI
3 Ashley Cole D
4 Patrick Vieira M
5 Martin Keown D
7 Robert Pires M
8 Freddie Ljungberg M
11 Sylvain Wiltord F
14 Thierry Henry F
18 Pascal Cygan D
19 Gilberto Silva M
22 Oleg Luzhny D
24 Rami Shaaban G
Substitutes
10 Dennis Bergkamp on
12 Lauren
13 Stuart Taylor on
16 Giovanni van Bronckhorst
28 Kolo Touré 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 Arsenal
55%
Possession
45%
7
Shots
12
6
Shots on Target
5
0
Corners
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Saves
0

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 185 of 245
245
Played
100
Won
55
Drawn
90
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 185 times: 75W 38D 72L.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 117663021 21110456.4
Away 117312165 14623026.5
Neutral 11344 111527.3
All 245 meetings with Arsenal →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →