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Man United 2-0 Arsenal - December 07, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Journée 17

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

December 07, 2002

67 650

2 - 0

Arsenal

Juan Sebastián Verón

22'

Paul Scholes

73'

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22' - Goal Juan Sebastián Verón22

43' - Substitution Rami Shaabanis substituted by Stuart Taylor

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68' - Substitution Sylvain Wiltordis substituted by Dennis Bergkamp

73' - Goal Paul Scholes73

77' - Substitution Robert Pirèsis substituted by Kolo Touré

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 0

Arsenal

Man United Arsenal

Team line-ups

Man United

Barthez

Fabien Barthez

France

B.date28/06/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Brown

Wes Brown

England

B.date13/10/1979

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

P. Neville

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age27 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age21 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

Verón22

Juan Sebastián Verón

Argentina

B.date09/03/1975

Age27 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Scholes73

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age28 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

van Nistelrooy

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age26 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Norway

B.date26/02/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Fabien Barthez		31	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wes Brown		23	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mikaël Silvestre		25	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville		25	290	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		27	364	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John O'Shea		21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juan Sebastián Verón	22	27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes	73	28	344	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		29	510	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ruud van Nistelrooy		26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer		29	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

212

Arsenal

Shaaban43

Rami Shaaban

Sweden

B.date30/06/1975

Age27 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age36 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

18 Cygan

Pascal Cygan

France

B.date29/04/1974

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Luzhny

Oleg Luzhny

Ukraine

B.date05/08/1968

Age34 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

19 Silva

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age26 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

4 Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age26 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Pirès77

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Wiltord68

Sylvain Wiltord

France

B.date10/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8 Ljungberg

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age25 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

14 Henry

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	Rami Shaaban	43	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Martin Keown		36	412	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Pascal Cygan		28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Ashley Cole		21	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Oleg Luzhny		34	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Gilberto Silva		26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Patrick Vieira		26	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Robert Pirès	77	29	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Sylvain Wiltord	68	28	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Freddie Ljungberg		25	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry		25	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	G	Stuart Taylor	43	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré	77	21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp	68	33	290	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Diego Forlán

OUT

Juan Sebastián Verón

Michael Stewart

OUT

Paul Scholes

Danny Pugh

OUT

Fabien Barthez

Roy Carroll

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Luke Chadwick

OUT

Gary Neville

David May

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ashley Cole

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

OUT

Martin Keown

Sol Campbell

OUT

Sylvain Wiltord

Kolo Touré

OUT

Freddie Ljungberg

Dennis Bergkamp

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

889

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Ferguson vs Arsenal

14 victories

11 draws

16 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Ferguson vs Wenger

6 victories

3 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

348

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Wenger vs Man United

9 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Wenger vs Ferguson

9 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

18 victories	9 draws	3 losses	Man United30 matches	General total	Arsenal33 matches	24 victories	2 draws	7 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Man United2 matches	Season total	Arsenal1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 01, 2005					Latest figure on May 01, 2006

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Key figures

Phil Neville played his game number 10 vs Arsenal in Premier League

Man United keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League running (since 21/09/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/05/2001-25/11/2001 time period (15 matches).

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 02/11/2002).

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-0 Everton07/10/2002

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa26/10/2002

VManchester United 2-1 Southampton02/11/2002

VManchester United 2-0 Leicester05/11/2002

VManchester United 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen13/11/2002

VManchester United 5-3 Newcastle United23/11/2002

Overall

VManchester United 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen13/11/2002

DWest Ham 1-1 Manchester United17/11/2002

VManchester United 5-3 Newcastle United23/11/2002

VFC Basel 1-3 Manchester United26/11/2002

VLiverpool 1-2 Manchester United01/12/2002

VBurnley 0-2 Manchester United03/12/2002

Current form

Away

VAuxerre 0-1 Arsenal02/10/2002

LEverton 2-1 Arsenal19/10/2002

LBorussia Dortmund 2-1 Arsenal30/10/2002

VFulham 0-1 Arsenal03/11/2002

LSouthampton 3-2 Arsenal23/11/2002

VAS Roma 1-3 Arsenal27/11/2002

Overall

VArsenal 1-0 Newcastle United09/11/2002

DArsenal 0-0 PSV Eindhoven12/11/2002

VArsenal 3-0 Tottenham16/11/2002

LSouthampton 3-2 Arsenal23/11/2002

VAS Roma 1-3 Arsenal27/11/2002

VArsenal 3-1 Aston Villa30/11/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	4
Unbeaten streak	9	6
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	9	9
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	9	4
Scoring streak	14	4
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
8	Victories (Competition total)	11
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.25
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.06
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.29

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (1 times)

Bookings

25	Yellow cards (Competition total)	25
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Ruud van Nistelrooy	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Thierry Henry
Ruud van Nistelrooy	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Thierry Henry
Ruud van Nistelrooy	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Thierry Henry
Ruud van Nistelrooy	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Thierry Henry
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Thierry Henry
Diego Forlán	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals, 3 assists during the last 3 matches	Thierry Henry

Historical head to head

Home

87 matches

49 v

23 d

15 l

163 gf

79 ga

Away

90 matches

23 v

13 d

54 l

110 gf

188 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

2 v

2 d

4 l

9 gf

13 ga

Total

185 matches

74 v

38 d

73 l

282 gf

280 ga

Historical head to head

Home

90 matches

54 v

13 d

23 l

188 gf

110 ga

Away

87 matches

15 v

23 d

49 l

79 gf

163 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

4 v

2 d

2 l

13 gf

9 ga

Total

185 matches

73 v

38 d

74 l

280 gf

282 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 25, 2001
Home	6 - 1	February 25, 2001

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 30, 1937
Away	4 - 1	April 27, 1909

Latest head to head

May 08, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Man United

0 - 1

Arsenal

November 25, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Arsenal

3 - 1

Man United

November 05, 2001 - League Cup 2001/2002

Arsenal

4 - 0

Man United

February 25, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Man United

6 - 1

Arsenal

October 01, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Arsenal

1 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Mark Hughes	8 goals	1984 - 1995
Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Steve Coppell	6 goals	1975 - 1983
Lee Sharpe	6 goals	1990 - 1995
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.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Malcolm Macdonald	7 goals	1976 - 1978
John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Alan Smith	6 goals	1988 - 1991
George Eastham	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Ray Kennedy	5 goals	1970 - 1974
Nicolas Anelka	4 goals	1997 - 1999

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

Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1958 - 1973
Tony Dunne	22 matches	1962 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1956 - 1968
Bryan Robson	22 matches	1982 - 1993
Ryan Giggs	22 matches	1991 - 2002
Mark Hughes	22 matches	1984 - 1995

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
Graham Rix	24 matches	1977 - 1988