Man United vs Arsenal

2 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Bruno Fernandes 44’
Cristiano Ronaldo 52’, 70’ (pen)

Emile Smith-Rowe 13’
Martin Odegaard 54’

Match summary

Man United came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Arsenal. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Emile Smith-Rowe put Arsenal ahead from a corner in the 13th minute, set up by Mohamed Elneny and Bruno Fernandes equalised in the 44th minute, set up by Fred. In the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo put Man United in front in the 52nd minute, set up by Marcus Rashford, Martin Odegaard equalised in the 54th minute, set up by Gabriel Martinelli, and Ronaldo won it from the penalty spot in the 70th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 1.86 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Arsenal's 1.20 from 17.

Match stats

14 Shots 17

10 Shots on Target 8

3 Corners 8

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.86 xG 1.17

1.09 Non-penalty xG 1.17

9 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Man United Arsenal

Kick-off

13’

Emile Smith-Rowe
Assist: Mohamed Elneny

0-1

Bruno Fernandes
Assist: Fred

1-1

44’

Half-time1-1

Cristiano Ronaldo
Assist: Marcus Rashford

2-1

52’

54’

Martin Odegaard
Assist: Gabriel Martinelli

2-2

Cristiano Ronaldo
Penalty

3-2

70’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Man United

Scott McTominay

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 1.86 xGArsenal 1.20 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	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			2	0.03	0.00	0
Alex Telles	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	2
Fred	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.15	2
Scott McTominay	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Marcus Rashford	MID	83		1	1	0.02	0.43	2
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90	1		2	0.26	0.26	4
Jadon Sancho	MID	90			0	0.00	0.15	2
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	90	2		6	1.44	0.00	0
Jesse Lingard	Sub	7			1	0.06	0.00	0
Anthony Martial	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Donny van de Beek	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.04	1
Nuno Tavares	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.03	1
Gabriel Martinelli	MID	90		1	4	0.25	0.56	3
Mohamed Elneny	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.01	1
Thomas Partey	MID	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	MID	74	1		1	0.01	0.06	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	83	1		1	0.08	0.20	4
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	83			5	0.64	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	Sub	16			1	0.03	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 47% Avg odds 2.07

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.66

Arsenal win 27% Avg odds 3.52

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

Form going into the game

Man United L W L L D

Arsenal W W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 0-0 Man United, 30 Jan 21 Next meeting: Arsenal 3-1 Man United, 23 Apr 22 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.