Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 24 October 2004
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 24 October 2004, 15:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal: match report
Manchester United defeated Arsenal 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 October 2004. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (73', penalty) and Wayne Mark Rooney (90'). Arsenal did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 8th on 14 points from 9 and Arsenal 1st on 25 points from 9. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-D-W-W-D and Arsenal's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Ashley Cole
- 36'Yellow card · Gary Neville
- 38'Yellow card · Phil Neville
- 73'Penalty goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 75'Yellow card · Patrick Vieira
- 79'Yellow card · Edu Gaspar
- 90'Goal · Wayne Mark Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy