Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 29 April 2018
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 29 April 2018, 15:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal: match report
Manchester United won against Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 29 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Paul Pogba opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Pogba (16') and Marouane Fellaini (90+1'). Arsenal scored through Henrikh Mkhitaryan (51').
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 74 points from 34 and Arsenal 6th on 57 points from 34. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Arsenal 6th with 63.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Héctor Bellerín of Arsenal (7.7), ahead of Henrikh Mkhitaryan (7.5).
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-L-W-W-W and Arsenal's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Paul Pogba
- 24'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 51'Goal · Henrikh Mkhitaryan
- 90+1'Goal · Marouane Fellaini
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelöf, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sánchez
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Ospina, Héctor Bellerín, Calum Chambers, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Sead Kolasinac, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Granit Xhaka, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Alex Iwobi, Reiss Nelson, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang