Man United vs Arsenal

5 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Anthony Martial 30’
Jesse Lingard 69’

Shkodran Mustafi 26’
Marcos Rojo 68’ (og)

Match summary

Man United and Arsenal shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Shkodran Mustafi put Arsenal ahead with a header in the 26th minute, set up by Lucas Torreira and Anthony Martial equalised in the 30th minute, set up by Ander Herrera. In the second half, Rojo's own goal put Arsenal back in front in the 68th minute and Jesse Lingard equalised in the 69th minute.

Arsenal had the better of the chances, with 1.76 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Man United's 1.34 from 10.

Match stats

10 Shots 9

7 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.34 xG 1.73

1.34 Non-penalty xG 1.73

4 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Man United Arsenal

Kick-off

26’

Shkodran Mustafi
Assist: Lucas Torreira

0-1

Anthony Martial
Assist: Ander Herrera

1-1

30’

Half-time1-1

68’

Marcos Rojo
Own goal

1-2

Jesse Lingard

2-2

69’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Man United

Marcos Rojo
Nemanja Matic
Jesse Lingard

Arsenal

Shkodran Mustafi
Héctor Bellerín
Lucas Torreira

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 1.34 xGArsenal 1.76 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
Chris Smalling	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcos Rojo	DEF	75			3	0.13	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ander Herrera	MID	90		1	1	0.06	0.66	3
Matteo Darmian	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Jesse Lingard	MID	78	1		1	0.44	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	FWD	90			2	0.03	0.12	2
Anthony Martial	FWD	66	1		2	0.64	0.00	0
Romelu Lukaku	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marouane Fellaini	Sub	15			1	0.03	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Shkodran Mustafi	DEF	90	1		1	0.27	0.00	0
Sokratis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rob Holding	DEF	35			0	0.00	0.00	0
Héctor Bellerín	MID	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Sead Kolasinac	MID	90			0	0.00	1.19	3
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Lucas Torreira	MID	90		1	1	0.11	0.33	2
Alex Iwobi	MID	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Ramsey	MID	49			1	0.06	0.05	1
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90			2	0.57	0.00	0
Stephan Lichtsteiner	Sub	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Sub	41			1	0.62	0.11	1
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 40% Bet365 odds 2.45

Draw 28% Bet365 odds 3.50

Arsenal win 32% Bet365 odds 3.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United W W L D D

Arsenal D D D W W

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Previous and next meeting

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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.