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Arsenal 2-4 Man United - February 01, 2005 / Premier League 2004/2005

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Premier League 2004/2005 - Round 25

Highbury - London - England

February 01, 2005

38 164

2 - 4

Man United

Assist by Thierry Henry (header) Patrick Vieira

Assist by Thierry Henry (right foot) Dennis Bergkamp

36'

18'

Ashley Cole (o.g)

54'

Cristiano Ronaldo (left foot) Assist by Ryan Giggs

58'

Cristiano Ronaldo (left foot) Assist by Ryan Giggs

88'

John O'SheaAssist by Paul Scholes

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8' - Goal Patrick Vieira8

12' - Yellow card Gabriel Heinze

15' - Yellow card Ryan Giggs

18' - Own goal Ashley Cole

28' - Yellow card Robert Pirès28

36' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp36

43' - Yellow card Wayne Rooney

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54' - Goal Cristiano Ronaldo

58' - Goal Cristiano Ronaldo photo Cristiano Ronaldo

58' - Yellow card Cristiano Ronaldo

61' - Substitution Darren Fletcheris substituted by John O'Shea

69' - Red card Mikaël Silvestre

70' - Substitution Mathieu Flaminiis substituted by José Antonio Reyes70

70' - Substitution Cristiano Ronaldois substituted by Wes Brown

77' - Substitution Ryan Giggsis substituted by Louis Saha

79' - Substitution Sol Campbellis substituted by Justin Hoyte79

83' - Substitution Laurenis substituted by Cesc Fàbregas83

88' - Goal John O'Shea

93' - Yellow card José Antonio Reyes93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 4

Man United

Arsenal Man United

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Bergkamp36

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age35 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

14Henry

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

7Pirès28

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

16Flamini70

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

4Vieira8

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age28 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Ljungberg

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age27 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

3Cole18

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

18Cygan

Pascal Cygan

France

B.date29/04/1974

Age30 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

23Campbell79

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

12Lauren83

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

24Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	Manuel Almunia		27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell	79	30	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Pascal Cygan		30	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lauren	83	28	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole	18	24	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Patrick Vieira	8	28	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Mathieu Flamini	70	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Robert Pirès	28	31	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Freddie Ljungberg		27	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry		27	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp	36	35	377	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

199

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

8Rooney43

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age19 years

H1m76

positionStriker

18Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age30 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

11Giggs7715

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age31 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

16Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age33 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

24Fletcher61

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

7Ronaldo58547058

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age19 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

4Heinze12

Gabriel Heinze

Argentina

B.date19/04/1978

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

27Silvestre69

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

5Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m95

positionRight central defender

2Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age29 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

13Carroll

Roy Carroll

Northern Ireland

B.date30/09/1977

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Roy Carroll		27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Gabriel Heinze	12	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Mikaël Silvestre	69	27	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gary Neville		29	459	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Roy Keane		33	459	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Fletcher	61	21	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs	7715	31	622	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Paul Scholes		30	448	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Cristiano Ronaldo	58547058	19	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Wayne Rooney	43	19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

236

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	D	Justin Hoyte	79	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Cesc Fàbregas	83	17	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	José Antonio Reyes	7093	21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	Wes Brown	70	25	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea	8861	23	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Louis Saha	77	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manuel Almunia

Jens Lehmann

OUT

Lauren

Gaël Clichy

OUT

Dennis Bergkamp

Robin van Persie

OUT

Ashley Cole

Emmanuel Eboué

OUT

Robert Pirès

José Antonio Reyes

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roy Keane

Phil Neville

OUT

Mikaël Silvestre

Wes Brown

OUT

Darren Fletcher

Quinton Fortune

OUT

Paul Scholes

John O'Shea

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

477

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Man United

11 victories

7 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on February 01, 2005

Wenger vs Ferguson

11 victories

7 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on February 01, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1021

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Ferguson vs Arsenal

18 victories

15 draws

18 losses

Latest figure on February 01, 2005

Ferguson vs Wenger

10 victories

7 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on February 01, 2005

Referee

Graham Poll

18 victories	12 draws	14 losses	Arsenal44 matches	General total	Man United52 matches	34 victories	10 draws	8 losses
4 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Arsenal6 matches	Season total	Man United6 matches	3 victories	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 13, 2007					Latest figure on May 09, 2007

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Herbert Chapman head of Arsenal (01/07/1925-06/01/1934), you can see a manager go over Arsène Wenger with 1.87 goals scored per game in Premier League (2.16).

End of streak for Man United after 5 matches without conceding any goal away from home (since 28/12/2004). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 20/09/1997

The last time Arsenal has conceded at least 4 goals at home, It was on the 04/11/2001 (vs )

Read the next 30 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 2-2 Chelsea12/12/2004

VArsenal 2-0 Fulham26/12/2004

DArsenal 1-1 Manchester City04/01/2005

VArsenal 2-1 Stoke City09/01/2005

VArsenal 1-0 Newcastle United23/01/2005

VArsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton29/01/2005

Overall

VCharlton 1-3 Arsenal01/01/2005

DArsenal 1-1 Manchester City04/01/2005

VArsenal 2-1 Stoke City09/01/2005

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Arsenal15/01/2005

VArsenal 1-0 Newcastle United23/01/2005

VArsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton29/01/2005

Current form

Away

DFulham 1-1 Manchester United13/12/2004

VAston Villa 0-1 Manchester United28/12/2004

VMiddlesbrough 0-2 Manchester United01/01/2005

DChelsea 0-0 Manchester United12/01/2005

VLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United15/01/2005

VExeter City 0-2 Manchester United19/01/2005

Overall

DChelsea 0-0 Manchester United12/01/2005

VLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United15/01/2005

VExeter City 0-2 Manchester United19/01/2005

VManchester United 3-1 Aston Villa22/01/2005

LManchester United 1-2 Chelsea26/01/2005

VManchester United 3-0 Middlesbrough29/01/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	22	2
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	19	2
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	6	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	2	5
Invincibility streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
15	Victories (Competition total)	14
7	Victories (Home / Away)	6
6	Draws (Competition total)	8
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
2.21	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.54
2.42	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.04	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.58
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

34	Yellow cards (Competition total)	21
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Thierry Henry	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Paul Scholes
Thierry Henry	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Ruud van Nistelrooy
Robert Pirès	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Ruud van Nistelrooy
Robert Pirès	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Ruud van Nistelrooy
Thierry Henry	10 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Cristiano Ronaldo
Thierry Henry	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Cristiano Ronaldo
Thierry Henry	16 goals, 10 assists during the last 24 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Paul Scholes

Historical head to head

Home

92 matches

54 v

15 d

23 l

191 gf

113 ga

Away

92 matches

16 v

24 d

52 l

81 gf

168 ga

Neutral ground

11 matches

5 v

3 d

3 l

17 gf

12 ga

Total

195 matches

75 v

42 d

78 l

289 gf

293 ga

Historical head to head

Home

92 matches

52 v

24 d

16 l

168 gf

81 ga

Away

92 matches

23 v

15 d

54 l

113 gf

191 ga

Neutral ground

11 matches

3 v

3 d

5 l

12 gf

17 ga

Total

195 matches

78 v

42 d

75 l

293 gf

289 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 30, 1937
Home	5 - 0	January 30, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 25, 2001
Away	6 - 2	November 28, 1990

Latest head to head

December 01, 2004 - League Cup 2004/2005

Man United

1 - 0

Arsenal

October 24, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Man United

2 - 0

Arsenal

August 08, 2004 - Community Shield 2004

Arsenal

3 - 1

Man United

April 03, 2004 - FA Cup 2003/2004

Arsenal

0 - 1

Man United

March 28, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Arsenal

1 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Thierry Henry	8 goals	2000 - 2004
Malcolm Macdonald	7 goals	1976 - 1978
John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Alan Smith	6 goals	1988 - 1991
George Eastham	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Sylvain Wiltord	5 goals	2001 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Mark Hughes	8 goals	1984 - 1995
Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Lee Sharpe	6 goals	1990 - 1995
Steve Coppell	6 goals	1975 - 1983
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1958 - 1961
Liam Whelan	5 goals	1956 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Tony Adams	34 matches	1984 - 2000
David O'Leary	33 matches	1975 - 1991
Lee Dixon	31 matches	1988 - 2002
Nigel Winterburn	30 matches	1988 - 2000
George Armstrong	25 matches	1962 - 1977
David Seaman	25 matches	1990 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Ryan Giggs	31 matches	1991 - 2004
Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1958 - 1973
Roy Keane	25 matches	1993 - 2004
Gary Neville	24 matches	1994 - 2004
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1956 - 1968
Bryan Robson	22 matches	1982 - 1993