Arsenal vs Man United

23 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Nuno Tavares 3’
Bukayo Saka 32’ (pen)
Granit Xhaka 70’

Cristiano Ronaldo 34’

Match summary

Arsenal won 3-1 at home to Man United. Arsenal led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Nuno Tavares put Arsenal ahead in the 3rd minute, Bukayo Saka made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute, and Cristiano Ronaldo pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 34th minute, set up by Nemanja Matic. In the second half, Granit Xhaka made it 3-1 in the 70th minute, set up by Mohamed Elneny.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.57 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Man United's 2.04 from 14. Bruno Fernandes hit the woodwork from the penalty spot for Man United.

Match stats

14 Shots 14

7 Shots on Target 5

1 Corners 7

3 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.54 xG 2.04

1.78 Non-penalty xG 1.28

7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Arsenal Man United

Kick-off

Nuno Tavares

1-0

3’

Bukayo Saka
Penalty

2-0

32’

34’

Cristiano Ronaldo
Assist: Nemanja Matic

2-1

Half-time2-1

Granit Xhaka
Assist: Mohamed Elneny

3-1

70’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Arsenal

Nuno Tavares
Mohamed Elneny
Granit Xhaka

Man United

Victor Lindelöf
Alex Telles
Bruno Fernandes
Cristiano Ronaldo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Arsenal 2.57 xGMan United 2.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cédric Soares	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nuno Tavares	DEF	90	1		3	0.95	0.09	1
Mohamed Elneny	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.02	1
Granit Xhaka	MID	90	1		1	0.02	0.03	1
Bukayo Saka	MID	79	1		5	0.97	0.02	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			2	0.11	0.50	2
Emile Smith-Rowe	MID	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	FWD	90			1	0.46	0.13	2
Gabriel Martinelli	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rob Holding	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			2	0.26	0.05	1
Raphael Varane	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Telles	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.02	1
Scott McTominay	MID	90			2	0.04	0.08	2
Nemanja Matic	MID	82		1	0	0.00	0.36	1
Anthony Elanga	MID	82			3	0.44	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	89			3	0.83	0.10	4
Jadon Sancho	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	90	1		3	0.46	0.59	2
Jesse Lingard	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Mata	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 47% Avg odds 2.05

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.65

Man United win 26% Avg odds 3.65

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal W L L L W

Man United W D L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 3-2 Arsenal, 02 Dec 21 Next meeting: Man United 3-1 Arsenal, 04 Sep 22 All Arsenal vs Man United meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.