Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2007

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2007, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United: match report

Arsenal defeated Manchester United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 November 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Arsenal's goals came from Cesc Fàbregas (48') and William Gallas (90+2'). Manchester United scored through an own goal by William Gallas (45') and Cristiano Ronaldo (82').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 26 points from 10 and Manchester United 2nd on 26 points from 11. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Manchester United 1st with 87.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 4 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Manchester United's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Patrice EvraManchester United
  • 26'Yellow card · Owen HargreavesManchester United
  • 39'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal
  • 45'Own goal · William GallasManchester United · 0-1
  • 48'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 1-1
  • 82'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 1-2
  • 90+2'Goal · William GallasArsenal · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 2, draws 4, Manchester United 4.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-1-1)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Jens Lehmann, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alexander Hleb, Emmanuel Adebayor

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville