Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2017
Result
Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United: match report
Arsenal beat Manchester United 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 May 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Granit Xhaka opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Granit Xhaka (54') and Danny Welbeck (57'). Manchester United did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 60 points from 33 and Manchester United 5th on 65 points from 34. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Manchester United 6th with 69.
Arsenal lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Petr Čech of Arsenal (7.8), level with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 4 draws and 5 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Manchester United's D-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 54'Goal · Granit Xhaka
- 57'Goal · Danny Welbeck
- 67'Yellow card · Laurent Koscielny
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (3-4-2-1)
Petr Čech, Rob Holding, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Kieran Gibbs, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Danny Welbeck
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Axel Tuanzebe, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Matteo Darmian, Ander Herrera, Michael Carrick, Wayne Mark Rooney, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial, Henrikh Mkhitaryan