Premiership · Matchday 05
Manchester United v Arsenal
0–1
Manchester United lost 0–1 to Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sunday 17th September 2006 in the Premiership.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 5' Jens Lehmann
- 9' Kolo Touré
- 23' Patrice Evra for Silvestre
- Half Time
- 60' Wesley Brown
- 71' Paul Scholes
- 77' Michael Carrick for Scholes
- 77' Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer for Rooney
- 86' Emmanuel Adebayor 0–1
- Full Time 0–1
Match Facts
- A record crowd for a United match at Old Trafford at the time: 75,595.
- Tomasz Kuszczak made his Manchester United debut.
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Patrice Evra
23' for Silvestre
Michael Carrick
77' for Scholes
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
77' for Rooney
Arsenal Lineup
Starting XI
1 Jens Lehmann G
4 Cesc Fàbregas M
5 Kolo Touré D
7 Tomas Rosicky M
8 Freddie Ljungberg M
10 William Gallas D
13 Aleksandr Hleb M
19 Gilberto Silva M
20 Johan Djourou D
25 Emmanuel Adebayor F ⚽
27 Emmanuel Eboué D
Substitutes
9 Júlio Baptista on
16 Mathieu Flamini on
24 Manuel Almunia
31 Justin Hoyte
32 Theo Walcott
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 199 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 199 times: 80W 44D 75L.
21 May 2005 D 0–0 FAC 3 Jan 2006 D 0–0 PL 9 Apr 2006 W 2–0 PL
17 Sep 2006 L 0–1 This match
21 Jan 2007 L 1–2 PL 3 Nov 2007 D 2–2 PL 16 Feb 2008 W 4–0 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 |
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 →