Arsenal vs Man United

3 September 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Martin Odegaard 28’
Declan Rice 90+6’
Gabriel Jesus 90+11’

Marcus Rashford 27’

Match summary

Arsenal came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Man United. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marcus Rashford put Man United ahead in the 27th minute, set up by Christian Eriksen and Martin Odegaard equalised in the 28th minute, set up by Gabriel Martinelli. In the second half, Declan Rice put Arsenal in front from a corner in stoppage time, set up by Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Fábio Vieira.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.91 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Man United's 0.98 from 10.

Match stats

17 Shots 10

5 Shots on Target 2

12 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.91 xG 0.97

1.91 Non-penalty xG 0.97

11 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Arsenal Man United

Kick-off

27’

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Christian Eriksen

0-1

Martin Odegaard
Assist: Gabriel Martinelli

1-1

28’

Half-time1-1

Declan Rice
Assist: Bukayo Saka

2-1

90+6’

Gabriel Jesus
Assist: Fábio Vieira

3-1

90+11’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Bukayo Saka
Gabriel Jesus

Man United

André Onana
Lisandro Martínez
Victor Lindelöf

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 1.91 xGMan United 0.98 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
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.53	2
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	DEF	79			0	0.00	0.03	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	90	1		5	0.27	0.00	0
Declan Rice	MID	90	1		2	0.11	0.00	0
Kai Havertz	MID	80			2	0.16	0.08	1
Bukayo Saka	FWD	90		1	3	0.52	0.26	5
Eddie Nketiah	FWD	79			1	0.08	0.16	3
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	90		1	3	0.15	0.09	1
Gabriel Jesus	Sub	11	1		1	0.62	0.02	1
Takehiro Tomiyasu	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fábio Vieira	Sub	10		1	0	0.00	0.62	1
Jorginho	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Reiss Nelson	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
André Onana	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	87			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lisandro Martínez	DEF	70			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Casemiro	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Eriksen	MID	90		1	1	0.05	0.27	2
Antony	MID	87			1	0.02	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90			0	0.00	0.23	4
Marcus Rashford	MID	90	1		5	0.67	0.15	1
Anthony Martial	FWD	70			1	0.06	0.02	1
Rasmus Højlund	Sub	20			1	0.15	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alejandro Garnacho	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 54% Avg odds 1.77

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.14

Man United win 23% Avg odds 4.29

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal L W W W D

Man United W W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 3-2 Man United, 22 Jan 23 Next meeting: Man United 0-1 Arsenal, 12 May 24 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.