Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 September 2006

Result

Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 17 September 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal: match report

Manchester United lost to Arsenal 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 September 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Emmanuel Adebayor of Arsenal in the 86th minute.

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

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 12 points from 4 and Arsenal 18th on 2 points from 3. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Wes BrownManchester United
  • 5'Yellow card · Jens LehmannArsenal
  • 9'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 13'Missed penalty · Gilberto SilvaArsenal
  • 71'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 86'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 0-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Johan Djourou, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alexander Hleb, Gilberto Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor, Fredrik Ljungberg