Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 November 2008

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 8 November 2008, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United: match report

Arsenal won against Manchester United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Samir Nasri opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Samir Nasri (22') and Samir Nasri (48'). Manchester United scored through Rafael (90').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 20 points from 11 and Manchester United 3rd on 21 points from 10. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Manchester United 1st with 90.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 4 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Samir NasriArsenal · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · William GallasArsenal
  • 38'Yellow card · Patrice EvraManchester United
  • 40'Yellow card · Bacary SagnaArsenal
  • 48'Goal · Samir NasriArsenal · 2-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Gaël ClichyArsenal
  • 66'Yellow card · Michael CarrickManchester United
  • 90'Goal · RafaelManchester United · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 3, Manchester United 4.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Mikaël Silvestre, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs