Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2017

Result

Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United: match report

Arsenal lost to Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-2.

Antonio Valencia opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Alexandre Lacazette (49'). Manchester United scored through Antonio Valencia (4'), Jesse Lingard (11') and Jesse Lingard (63').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 28 points from 14 and Manchester United 2nd on 32 points from 14. Arsenal went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 81.

Arsenal lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Manchester United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David de Gea of Manchester United (9.3), ahead of Jesse Lingard (8.5).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Antonio ValenciaManchester United · 0-1
  • 11'Goal · Jesse LingardManchester United · 0-2
  • 49'Goal · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Marcos RojoManchester United
  • 63'Goal · Jesse LingardManchester United · 1-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Héctor BellerínArsenal
  • 74'Red card · Paul PogbaManchester United
  • 87'Yellow card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
  • 89'Yellow card · Ander HerreraManchester United
  • 89'Yellow card · A. SánchezArsenal

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Laurent Koscielny, Shkodran Mustafi, Nacho Monreal, Héctor Bellerín, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Sead Kolasinac, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Alexandre Lacazette

Manchester United line-up (3-4-1-2)

David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Antonio Valencia, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Ashley Young, Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial