Premiership · Matchday 03
Manchester United v Arsenal
8–2
HT 3–1
Manchester United beat Arsenal 8–2 at Old Trafford on Sunday 28th August 2011 in the Premiership. Danny Welbeck (22'), Ashley Young (28', 90'+1'), Wayne Rooney (41', 64', 82'), Nani (67') and Ji-Sung Park (70') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 15' Andrey Arshavin
- 22' Danny Welbeck Assist: Anderson 1–0
- 26' Jonny Evans
- 26' Ashley Young
- 28' Ashley Young 2–0
- 35' Javier Hernandez for Welbeck
- 40' Carl Jenkinson
- 41' Wayne Rooney Assist: Ashley Young 3–0
- 45+3' Theo Walcott Assist: Tomas Rosicky 3–1
- Half Time 3–1
- 63' Johan Djourou
- 64' Wayne Rooney Assist: Ashley Young 4–1
- 67' Nani Assist: Wayne Rooney 5–1
- 68' Ji-Sung Park for Nani
- 68' Ryan Giggs for Anderson
- 70' Ji-Sung Park Assist: Ashley Young 6–1
- 74' Robin van Persie Assist: Carl Jenkinson 6–2
- 77' Carl Jenkinson 2nd yellow
- 82' Wayne Rooney pen 7–2
- 90+1' Ashley Young Assist: Ryan Giggs 8–2
- Full Time 8–2
Match Facts
- United's biggest win over Arsenal at the time, in their 213th meeting.
- Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick.
- Ashley Young scored his first goal for Manchester United.
- Wayne Rooney scored his 150th goal for United in all competitions.
- Danny Welbeck's 2nd goal of 2011-2012, and his 7th for United.
- Ashley Young's brace took him to 2 in 2011-2012 and 2 for United.
Starting XI
Player
10 Wayne Rooney 41', 64', 82'
17 Luis Nani 67'
18 Ashley Young 28', 90'+1
19 Danny Welbeck 22'
Substitutes
Javier Hernandez
35' for Welbeck
Ji-Sung Park
70' 68' for Nani
Ryan Giggs
68' for Anderson
Arsenal Lineup
4-3-3
Starting XI
6 Laurent Koscielny CD-L
7 Tomas Rosicky AM
10 Robin van Persie F
13 Wojciech Szczesny G
14 Theo Walcott AM-R
16 Aaron Ramsey LM
20 Johan Djourou CD-R
23 Andrey Arshavin AM-L
25 Carl Jenkinson RB
30 Armand Traore LB
39 Francis Coquelin RM
Substitutes
15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on
21 Lukasz Fabianski
29 Marouane Chamakh on
46 Henri Lansbury on
49 Ignasi Miquel
53 Oguzhan Özyakup
56 Gilles Sunu
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
4-4-2
Formation
Arsenal
4-3-3
United vs Arsenal History
Meeting 213 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 213 times: 89W 46D 78L.
13 Dec 2010 W 1–0 PL 12 Mar 2011 W 2–0 FAC 1 May 2011 L 0–1 PL
28 Aug 2011 W 8–2 This match
22 Jan 2012 W 2–1 PL 3 Nov 2012 W 2–1 PL 28 Apr 2013 D 1–1 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 |
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 →