Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 13 April 2008
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 13 April 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal: match report
Manchester United defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 13 April 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (53', penalty) and Owen Hargreaves (72'). Arsenal scored through Emmanuel Adebayor (48').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 76 points from 33 and Arsenal 3rd on 73 points from 33. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 85.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 3 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Arsenal's D-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Wes Brown
- 38'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 48'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 52'Yellow card · William Gallas
- 52'Yellow card · Jens Lehmann
- 53'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 55'Yellow card · Alexander Hleb
- 59'Yellow card · Michael Carrick
- 63'Yellow card · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 72'Goal · Owen Hargreaves
- 90+5'Yellow card · Justin Hoyte
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha
Arsenal line-up (4-4-1-1)
Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, Alex Song, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Alexander Hleb, Emmanuel Adebayor