Man United vs Arsenal

4 September 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Antony 35’
Marcus Rashford 66’, 75’

Bukayo Saka 60’

Match summary

Man United won 3-1 at home to Arsenal. Man United led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Antony put Man United ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford. In the second half, Bukayo Saka equalised in the 60th minute, Marcus Rashford put Man United back in front in the 66th minute, set up by Bruno Fernandes, and Rashford made it 3-1 in the 75th minute, set up by Christian Eriksen.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 2.03 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Arsenal's 1.42 from 16.

Match stats

10 Shots 16

6 Shots on Target 3

2 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.03 xG 1.42

2.03 Non-penalty xG 1.42

5 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Man United Arsenal

Kick-off

Antony
Assist: Marcus Rashford

1-0

35’

Half-time1-0

60’

Bukayo Saka

1-1

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Bruno Fernandes

2-1

66’

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Christian Eriksen

3-1

75’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Man United

Christian Eriksen
Scott McTominay
Harry Maguire

Arsenal

William Saliba
Bukayo Saka
Gabriel Jesus

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.

Man United 2.03 xGArsenal 1.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Man United 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
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.31	1
Raphael Varane	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lisandro Martínez	DEF	83			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrell Malacia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Eriksen	MID	90		1	1	0.31	0.67	3
Scott McTominay	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Antony	MID	61	1		3	0.33	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90		1	1	0.36	0.36	2
Jadon Sancho	MID	70			1	0.06	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	FWD	83	2	1	2	0.83	0.31	2
Cristiano Ronaldo	Sub	29			2	0.15	0.00	0
Fred	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.36	1
Casemiro	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	83		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90		1	0.09	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	DEF	77		0	0.00	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	90		3	0.12	0.01	1
Albert Sambi Lokonga	MID	77		0	0.00	0.02	1
Bukayo Saka	MID	90	1	4	0.57	0.01	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	77		1	0.12	0.37	4
Gabriel Martinelli	MID	90		1	0.30	0.09	2
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	90		2	0.05	0.40	5
Fábio Vieira	Sub	13		2	0.09	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	13		0	0.00	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	13		1	0.07	0.00	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	Sub	7		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 36% Avg odds 2.66

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.49

Arsenal win 36% Avg odds 2.67

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

Form going into the game

Man United L L W W W

Arsenal W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 3-1 Man United, 23 Apr 22 Next meeting: Arsenal 3-2 Man United, 22 Jan 23 All Man United vs Arsenal 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.