Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2012
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2012, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal: match report
Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 November 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Robin van Persie (3') and Patrice Evra (67'). Arsenal scored through Santi Cazorla (90+5').
Discipline: Manchester United received 5 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 21 points from 9 and Arsenal 6th on 15 points from 9. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Arsenal 4th with 73.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Arsenal's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 14'Yellow card · J. Wilshere
- 29'Yellow card · A. Young
- 37'Yellow card · Tom Cleverley
- 45+1'Missed penalty · Wayne Rooney
- 60'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 67'Goal · Patrice Evra
- 69'Second yellow · J. Wilshere
- 72'Yellow card · Anderson
- 81'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 83'Yellow card · Andrey Arshavin
- 90'Yellow card · Mikel Arteta
- 90+5'Goal · Santi Cazorla
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, S. Kagawa, Robin van Persie, Nani, Anders Lindegaard, Paul Scholes
Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, C. Jenkinson, Alex Song, Tomáš Rosický, Robin van Persie, Gervinho, Thomas Vermaelen