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Arsenal 1-2 Man United - January 22, 2012 / Premier League 2011/2012

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Premier League 2011/2012 - Round 22

Emirates Stadium - London - England

January 22, 2012

60 093

Arsenal

1 - 2

Man United

Assist by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (left foot) Robin van Persie

71'

45'

Luis Antonio Valencia (header) Assist by Ryan Giggs

81'

Danny Welbeck (right foot) Assist by Luis Antonio Valencia

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17' - Substitution Phil Jonesis substituted by Rafael

43' - Yellow card Aaron Ramsey43

44' - Yellow card Rafael

45' - Goal Luis Antonio Valencia

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46' - Substitution Johan Djourouis substituted by Nico Yennaris46

71' - Goal Robin van Persie71

73' - Yellow card Laurent Koscielny73

74' - Substitution Alex Oxlade-Chamberlainis substituted by Andrey Arshavin74

76' - Substitution Naniis substituted by Paul Scholes

77' - Substitution Rafaelis substituted by Ji-sung Park

81' - Goal Danny Welbeck

84' - Substitution Aaron Ramseyis substituted by Chu-young Park84

85' - Yellow card Robin van Persie85

86' - Yellow card Tomas Rosicky86

90' - Yellow card Patrice Evra

96' - Yellow card Alexandre Song96

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 2

Man United

Arsenal Man United

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10van Persie7185

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

15Oxlade-Chamberlain74

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

England

B.date15/08/1993

Age18 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

14Walcott

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7Rosicky86

Tomas Rosicky

Czech Republic

B.date04/10/1980

Age31 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

17Song96

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age24 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

16Ramsey8443

Aaron Ramsey

Wales

B.date26/12/1990

Age21 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

5Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

6Koscielny73

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Mertesacker

Per Mertesacker

Germany

B.date29/09/1984

Age27 years

H1m98

positionRight central defender

20Djourou46

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age25 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

13Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age21 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Wojciech Szczesny		21	55	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Johan Djourou	46	25	136	3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny	73	26	68	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Per Mertesacker		27	23	6.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Thomas Vermaelen		26	70	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song	96	24	183	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Aaron Ramsey	8443	21	87	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	74	18	9	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Tomas Rosicky	86	31	147	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Robin van Persie	7185	28	258	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott		22	202	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Welbeck81

Danny Welbeck

England

B.date26/11/1990

Age21 years

H1m85

positionStriker

10Rooney

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

17Nani76

Nani

Portugal

B.date17/11/1986

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

25Valencia45

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ecuador

B.date04/08/1985

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

16Carrick

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age30 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

11Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age38 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

3Evra90

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

4Jones17

Phil Jones

England

B.date21/02/1992

Age19 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

6Evans

Jonny Evans

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1988

Age24 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

12Smalling

Chris Smalling

England

B.date22/11/1989

Age22 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

34Lindegaard

Anders Lindegaard

Denmark

B.date13/04/1984

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
34	G	Anders Lindegaard		27	13	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Phil Jones	17	19	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Chris Smalling		22	53	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jonny Evans		24	107	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra	90	30	273	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Michael Carrick		30	252	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs		38	896	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Luis Antonio Valencia	45	26	92	6.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Nani	76	25	185	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Wayne Rooney		26	348	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Danny Welbeck	81	21	46	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

208

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Manuel Almunia		34
49	D	Ignasi Miquel		19
18	D	Sébastien Squillaci		31
56	D	Nico Yennaris	46	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Andrey Arshavin	74	30	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Yossi Benayoun		31
9	F	Chu-young Park	84	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David De Gea		21
21	D	Rafael	177744	21	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Fabio		21
22	M	Paul Scholes	76	37	679	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Ji-sung Park	77	30	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Javier Hernández		23
9	F	Dimitar Berbatov		30

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Andrey Arshavin

OUT

Thomas Vermaelen

Ignasi Miquel

OUT

Tomas Rosicky

Yossi Benayoun

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ryan Giggs

Paul Scholes

OUT

Phil Jones

Rio Ferdinand

OUT

Chris Smalling

Rafael

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

881

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Man United

15 victories

11 draws

21 losses

Latest figure on January 22, 2012

Wenger vs Ferguson

15 victories

11 draws

21 losses

Latest figure on January 22, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1428

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Ferguson vs Arsenal

29 victories

19 draws

22 losses

Latest figure on January 22, 2012

Ferguson vs Wenger

21 victories

11 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on January 22, 2012

Referee

Michael Dean

39 victories	24 draws	18 losses	Arsenal81 matches	General total	Man United84 matches	44 victories	17 draws	23 losses
1 victory	2 draws	3 losses	Arsenal6 matches	Season total	Man United3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 01, 2022					Latest figure on April 28, 2022

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January 23, 2012

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Key figures

It's the first time Luis Antonio Valencia scores 1 goal vs Arsenal in his professional career

Only back at the time of Sir Matt Busby head of Manchester United (28/12/1970-02/06/1971), you can see a manager go over Sir Alex Ferguson with 1.86 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.98).

Wayne Rooney played his game number 20 vs Arsenal in Premier League

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 1-1 Fulham26/11/2011

LArsenal 0-1 Manchester City29/11/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Everton10/12/2011

DArsenal 1-1 Wolverhampton27/12/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers31/12/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Leeds United09/01/2012

Overall

VAston Villa 1-2 Arsenal21/12/2011

DArsenal 1-1 Wolverhampton27/12/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers31/12/2011

LFulham 2-1 Arsenal02/01/2012

VArsenal 1-0 Leeds United09/01/2012

LSwansea 3-2 Arsenal15/01/2012

Current form

Away

VAston Villa 0-1 Manchester United03/12/2011

LFC Basel 2-1 Manchester United07/12/2011

VQueens Park Rangers 0-2 Manchester United18/12/2011

VFulham 0-5 Manchester United21/12/2011

LNewcastle United 3-0 Manchester United04/01/2012

VManchester City 2-3 Manchester United08/01/2012

Overall

VFulham 0-5 Manchester United21/12/2011

VManchester United 5-0 Wigan26/12/2011

LManchester United 2-3 Blackburn31/12/2011

LNewcastle United 3-0 Manchester United04/01/2012

VManchester City 2-3 Manchester United08/01/2012

VManchester United 3-0 Bolton Wanderers14/01/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	10	11
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

13	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	3
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
11	Victories (Competition total)	15
7	Victories (Home / Away)	7
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.81	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.48
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.9
1.48	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.95
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.6

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

37	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
4	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Robin van Persie	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Wayne Rooney
Robin van Persie	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Wayne Rooney
Robin van Persie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Wayne Rooney
Alexandre Song	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Luis Antonio Valencia
Theo Walcott	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	5 assists	Nani
Robin van Persie	18 goals, 2 assists during the last 19 matches	The fittest player	2 assists during the last match	Wayne Rooney

Historical head to head

Home

100 matches

57 v

17 d

26 l

202 gf

127 ga

Away

102 matches

17 v

25 d

60 l

86 gf

190 ga

Neutral ground

12 matches

5 v

4 d

3 l

17 gf

12 ga

Total

214 matches

79 v

46 d

89 l

305 gf

329 ga

Historical head to head

Home

102 matches

60 v

25 d

17 l

190 gf

86 ga

Away

100 matches

26 v

17 d

57 l

127 gf

202 ga

Neutral ground

12 matches

3 v

4 d

5 l

12 gf

17 ga

Total

214 matches

89 v

46 d

79 l

329 gf

305 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 2	August 28, 2011
Away	6 - 2	November 28, 1990

Latest head to head

August 28, 2011 - Premier League 2011/2012

Man United

8 - 2

Arsenal

May 01, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Arsenal

1 - 0

Man United

March 12, 2011 - FA Cup 2010/2011

Man United

2 - 0

Arsenal

December 13, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Man United

1 - 0

Arsenal

January 31, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Arsenal

1 - 3

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Thierry Henry	9 goals	2000 - 2007
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

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

Wayne Rooney	10 goals	2004 - 2011
Mark Hughes	8 goals	1984 - 1995
Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Lee Sharpe	6 goals	1990 - 1995
Steve Coppell	6 goals	1975 - 1983
Cristiano Ronaldo	6 goals	2005 - 2009

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
Patrick Vieira	25 matches	1996 - 2005
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	47 matches	1991 - 2011
Gary Neville	30 matches	1994 - 2008
Paul Scholes	30 matches	1995 - 2011
Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1958 - 1973
Roy Keane	27 matches	1993 - 2005
Mark Hughes	22 matches	1984 - 1995