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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Ashley ColeArsenal
  • 36'Yellow card · Gary NevilleManchester United
  • 38'Yellow card · Phil NevilleManchester United
  • 73'Penalty goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 1-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Patrick VieiraArsenal
  • 79'Yellow card · Edu GasparArsenal
  • 90'Goal · Wayne Mark RooneyManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 3, Arsenal 3.

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