English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Match Report

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
3
7
Saves
2
38.9
Possession
61.1
9
SHOTS
22
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
219
Accurate Passes
393
294
Passes
475
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.2
49
Long Balls
67
20
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
8
10
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
4
30
Effective Clearances
23
30
Clearances
23

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Altay BayindirG
  2. 4Matthijs de LigtCD
  3. 23Luke ShawCD-L
  4. 15Leny YoroCD-R
  5. 8Bruno FernandesCM-L
  6. 18CasemiroCM-R
  7. 13Patrick DorguLM
  8. 2Diogo DalotRM
  9. 10Matheus CunhaF
  10. 7Mason MountCF-L
  11. 19Bryan MbeumoCF-R

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 33Riccardo CalafioriLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 36Martín ZubimendiCM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 14Viktor GyökeresF
  10. 11Gabriel MartinelliLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Manchester United 0, Arsenal 1. Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal) header from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  2. 42' Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 55' Substitution, Manchester United. Amad Diallo replaces Diogo Dalot.
  4. 60' Substitution, Arsenal. Kai Havertz replaces Viktor Gyökeres.
  5. 60' Substitution, Arsenal. Noni Madueke replaces Gabriel Martinelli.
  6. 65' Substitution, Manchester United. Manuel Ugarte replaces Casemiro.
  7. 65' Substitution, Manchester United. Benjamin Sesko replaces Mason Mount.
  8. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Jurriën Timber replaces Ben White because of an injury.
  9. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Myles Lewis-Skelly replaces Riccardo Calafiori.
  10. 80' Substitution, Manchester United. Harry Maguire replaces Luke Shaw.
  11. 83' Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Declan Rice.
  12. 85' Patrick Dorgu (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' David Raya (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+1' Jurriën Timber (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+3' Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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