Manchester United 3-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 February 2016

Result

Manchester United 3-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 28 February 2016, 14:05 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Manchester United 3-2 Arsenal: match report

Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 February 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Marcus Rashford (29'), Marcus Rashford (32') and Ander Herrera (65'). Arsenal scored through Danny Welbeck (40') and M. Özil (69').

Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 40 points from 26 and Arsenal 3rd on 51 points from 26. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.

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 5 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Guillermo VarelaManchester United
  • 22'Yellow card · Michael CarrickManchester United
  • 29'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 2-0
  • 40'Goal · Danny WelbeckArsenal · 2-1
  • 65'Goal · Ander HerreraManchester United · 3-1
  • 69'Goal · M. ÖzilArsenal · 3-2
  • 71'Yellow card · Aaron RamseyArsenal
  • 72'Yellow card · Ander HerreraManchester United
  • 73'Yellow card · Mohamed ElnenyArsenal
  • 90+2'Yellow card · M. ÖzilArsenal
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Adnan JanuzajManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 3, Arsenal 2.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Daley Blind, Chris Smalling, Michael Carrick, Matteo Darmian, Jesse Lingard, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, Morgan Schneiderlin, Anthony Martial, Wayne Mark Rooney

Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Nacho Monreal, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Özil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Olivier Giroud