FA Cup · 5th Round
Manchester United v Arsenal
4–0
Manchester United beat Arsenal 4–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 16th February 2008 in the FA Cup. Wayne Rooney (14'), Darren Fletcher (20', 74') and Nani (38') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 14' Wayne Rooney 1–0
- 20' Darren Fletcher 2–0
- 38' Nani 3–0
- Half Time
- 48' Eduardo
- 49' Emmanuel Eboué
- 52' Rio Ferdinand
- 60' Wayne Rooney
- 61' Gilberto Silva
- 71' Louis Saha for Rooney
- 72' Paul Scholes for Anderson
- 74' Darren Fletcher 4–0
- 75' Darren Fletcher
- 76' Emmanuel Adebayor
- Full Time 4–0
Match Facts
Starting XI
Arsenal Lineup
Starting XI
1 Jens Lehmann G
4 Cesc Fàbregas M
5 Kolo Touré D
9 Eduardo F
10 William Gallas D
13 Aleksandr Hleb M
19 Gilberto Silva M
26 Nicklas Bendtner F
27 Emmanuel Eboué D
30 Armand Traore D
31 Justin Hoyte D
Substitutes
6 Philippe Senderos on
16 Mathieu Flamini on
21 Lukasz Fabianski
22 Gaël Clichy
25 Emmanuel Adebayor 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
United vs Arsenal History
Meeting 202 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 202 times: 81W 45D 76L.
17 Sep 2006 L 0–1 PL 21 Jan 2007 L 1–2 PL 3 Nov 2007 D 2–2 PL
16 Feb 2008 W 4–0 This match
13 Apr 2008 W 2–1 PL 8 Nov 2008 L 1–2 PL 29 Apr 2009 W 1–0 EC | 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 |
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 →