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| Event | Premier League 2024-25 | ||||||
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| Date | Sunday 9 March 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Old Trafford, Manchester | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Bruno Fernandes | ||||||
| Referee | Anthony Taylor | ||||||
| Attendance | 73,812 | ||||||
| Weather | 16 °C (61 °F) | ||||||
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Manchester United v Arsenal was a match which took place at Old Trafford on Sunday 9 March 2025.
Team News[]
Manchester United[]
Manchester United wing-back Patrick Dorgu serves the second game of a three-match domestic ban following his red card in the win over Ipswich.
Harry Maguire and Manuel Ugarte are both doubtful after missing the midweek draw with Real Sociedad.
Teenager Chido Obi-Martin could feature after being ineligible for Thursday's European game.
Arsenal[]
Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly is available again after suspension ruled him out of the the Gunners' most recent Premier League match against Nottingham Forest.
Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz and Takehiro Tomiyasu remain sidelined.
Match facts[]
Head-to-head[]
- Manchester United have lost their last four Premier League games against Arsenal, the longest losing run against the Gunners in their league history.
- However, United came out on top in the most recent meeting, winning on penalties in the FA Cup third round in January.
- Arsenal could win consecutive away league games against Manchester United for the first time since February 1979.
- The Gunners have scored in each of their last 10 Premier League matches at Old Trafford, netting 13 times in total.
Manchester United[]
- Manchester United are yet to win consecutive league games this season - it's their longest wait for back-to-back league victories in a single campaign since 1968-69, when they won their 32nd and 33rd games.
- United have lost four of their last six home league matches, failing to score in three of those defeats.
- They have conceded 24 Premier League goals in matches at Old Trafford this season, as opposed to 15 in league games away from home.
- The Red Devils have conceded the opening goal in 12 different Premier League fixtures since Ruben Amorim's first game, second only to Leicester City in that period.
- Rasmus Hojlund has not scored in any of his last 19 appearances in all competitions.
Arsenal[]
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last nine away league matches (W5, D4), and have not conceded in any of their last three.
- However, they have failed to score in their last two Premier League games, managing just three shots on target across those matches.
- Arsenal have conceded 23 goals in the top flight this season, fewer than any other side.
- They have drawn nine of their 27 league games this season, their most since 2019-20.
- Mikel Arteta has won seven of his 10 Premier League games as a manager against Manchester United (D1, L2).
- This will be Arteta's 200th Premier League game in charge of Arsenal. He's won 118 of his first 199, the fifth-most of any manager in their first 200 (behind Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp and Sir Alex Ferguson).
Match Report[]
Declan Rice's powerful strike gave Arsenal a point at Manchester United but did little to help their pursuit of Premier League pacesetters Liverpool.
Arsenal dominated the opening 45 minutes at Old Trafford but lacked any cutting edge and were punished in first-half stoppage time when United captain Bruno Fernandes curled a 25-yard free-kick past a badly positioned David Raya in goal.
Raya made amends with fine second-half saves from Noussair Mazraoui and Joshua Zirkzee before Arsenal finally found the end product with 16 minutes left.
United failed to clear and Rice sent a superb rising drive past Andre Onana at the Stretford End to give Arsenal a point - but it did little to dent Liverpool's seemingly unassailable lead at the top of the table as they stand 15 points clear of the Gunners, having played a game more.
It could have been worse for Arsenal as it took a miraculous double stop from Raya to keep out Fernandes in the dying seconds to prevent United taking all three points.
Manchester United's mediocrity is clear for all to see - but while they have Fernandes there is hope as the captain once again led from the front.
It was the Portuguese who gave United something to protect with that trademark free-kick seconds before half-time, and he almost won it at the end when he arrived in the penalty area only to see his effort blocked by Raya, who somehow regained his ground to claw the ball off the line as it look destined to be the winner.
Fernandes is United's leading Premier League scorer with seven goals and also leads the combined goals and assists chart with 14.
In among the struggles under head coach Ruben Amorim, Fernandes has been the shining light and was the inspiration again here.
United were desperately poor in the first half, but Amorim will be heartened by what he saw in the second half, when United mounted a spirited response as Raya - at fault for Fernandes' goal - became the hero with stops from Mazraoui and Zirkzee to deny the home side a victory that seemed unlikely for long periods.
It was a draw that moved United to 14th place in the Premier League, the most obvious measure of their current reduced status.
Arsenal's failings in front of goal and the lack of recognised striker have holed their Premier League title challenge below the waterline. In reality, they are only playing to ensure a place in the top four while training their sights on the Champions League.
And they were in evidence again here as Arsenal dominated possession - which was 68.2% to 31.8% in their favour - but failed to apply any sustained, serious pressure on a United side short of quality and shorn of confidence.
Utilising midfield man Mikel Merino as an emergency striker, Arsenal had 17 shots but only six on target - the same as United. Too often pointless passing in front of the home side's defence fizzled out on the edge of the penalty area.
They ended up relying on Raya, who must take his share of responsibility for United's goal, to avoid defeat with those three crucial second-half saves to make amends for the error of judgement in the first half.
Arsenal surely know in their heart of hearts that the title pursuit is over and the Premier League is Liverpool's, but they must somehow find a way to repeat the potency of the stunning 7-1 win at PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League in midweek rather than the blunt instrument they were here.
The Gunners got a point in the end, but it is a meaningless one in title terms.
Match[]
Details[]
| 9 March 2025 16:30 GMT |
Manchester United 
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1–1 |  Arsenal
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Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 73,812 Referee: Anthony Taylor |
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Fernandes  45+2'
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Rice 74'
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Match Stats[]
| Manchester United | Arsenal |
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| Possession ball | |
| 31% | 69% |
| Shots | |
| 10 | 17 |
| Shots on target | |
| 6 | 6 |
| Corners | |
| 2 | 9 |
| Fouls | |
| 8 | 11 |
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