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Man United 0-0 Arsenal - May 16, 2009 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 37

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

May 16, 2009

75 468

0 - 0

Arsenal

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67' - Substitution Carlos Tévezis substituted by Ji-sung Park67

69' - Substitution Samir Nasriis substituted by Theo Walcott photo Nicklas Bendtner

69' - Substitution Andrey Arshavinis substituted by Nicklas Bendtner

76' - Substitution Kieran Gibbsis substituted by Emmanuel Eboué

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

0 - 0

Arsenal

Man United Arsenal

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Tévez67

Carlos Tévez

Argentina

B.date05/02/1984

Age25 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Rooney

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age35 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Carrick

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fletcher

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age28 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Evans

Jonny Evans

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1988

Age21 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age27 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age28 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age38 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		38	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jonny Evans		21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nemanja Vidic		27	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John O'Shea		28	339	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patrice Evra		28	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Carrick		27	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Fletcher		25	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		35	805	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlos Tévez	67	25	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cristiano Ronaldo		24	291	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Rooney		23	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

241

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11van Persie

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Arshavin69

Andrey Arshavin

Russia

B.date29/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m72

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

15Denilson

Denilson

Brazil

B.date16/02/1988

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

2Diaby

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

8Nasri69

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age21 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

Gibbs76

Kieran Gibbs

England

B.date26/09/1989

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

17Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

21Fabianski

Lukasz Fabianski

Poland

B.date18/04/1985

Age24 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Lukasz Fabianski		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Kolo Touré		28	324	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Kieran Gibbs	76	19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna		26	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Alexandre Song		21	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Denilson		21	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Abou Diaby		23	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Cesc Fàbregas		22	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Andrey Arshavin	69	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Samir Nasri	69	21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Robin van Persie		25	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ji-sung Park	67	28	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
27	D	Emmanuel Eboué	76	25	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Theo Walcott	69	20	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	Nicklas Bendtner	69	21	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Fletcher

Paul Scholes

OUT

Carlos Tévez

Dimitar Berbatov

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Anderson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrey Arshavin

Theo Walcott

OUT

Denilson

Mikaël Silvestre

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1277

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Ferguson vs Arsenal

23 victories

19 draws

21 losses

Latest figure on May 16, 2009

Ferguson vs Wenger

15 victories

11 draws

14 losses

Latest figure on May 16, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

733

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Man United

14 victories

11 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on May 16, 2009

Wenger vs Ferguson

14 victories

11 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on May 16, 2009

Referee

Michael Dean

44 victories	17 draws	23 losses	Man United84 matches	General total	Arsenal81 matches	39 victories	24 draws	18 losses
1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Man United3 matches	Season total	Arsenal4 matches	2 victories	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on April 28, 2022					Latest figure on May 01, 2022

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 29/04/2009). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 24/01/2009-11/03/2009 time period (12 matches).

End of streak for Man United after 36 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Premier League (since 26/08/2007). It was the best streak for the club since 14/11/1998-02/12/2000 (40 matches).

End of streak for Man United after 7 matches with at least one goal scored vs Arsenal at home in Premier League (since 15/09/1926). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 11/03/1922 (2 matches)

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-2 Aston Villa05/04/2009

DManchester United 2-2 FC Porto07/04/2009

VManchester United 2-0 Portsmouth22/04/2009

VManchester United 5-2 Tottenham25/04/2009

VManchester United 1-0 Arsenal29/04/2009

VManchester United 2-0 Manchester City10/05/2009

Overall

VManchester United 5-2 Tottenham25/04/2009

VManchester United 1-0 Arsenal29/04/2009

VMiddlesbrough 0-2 Manchester United02/05/2009

VArsenal 1-3 Manchester United05/05/2009

VManchester United 2-0 Manchester City10/05/2009

VWigan 1-2 Manchester United13/05/2009

Current form

Away

VNewcastle United 1-3 Arsenal21/03/2009

DVillarreal 1-1 Arsenal07/04/2009

VWigan 1-4 Arsenal11/04/2009

DLiverpool 4-4 Arsenal21/04/2009

LManchester United 1-0 Arsenal29/04/2009

VPortsmouth 0-3 Arsenal02/05/2009

Overall

DLiverpool 4-4 Arsenal21/04/2009

VArsenal 2-0 Middlesbrough26/04/2009

LManchester United 1-0 Arsenal29/04/2009

VPortsmouth 0-3 Arsenal02/05/2009

LArsenal 1-3 Manchester United05/05/2009

LArsenal 1-4 Chelsea10/05/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	7
Unbeaten streak	6	12
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	27	7
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	5
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
27	Victories (Competition total)	19
16	Victories (Home / Away)	9
5	Draws (Competition total)	11
1	Draws (Home / Away)	6
4	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

67	Goals scored (Competition total)	64
43	Goals scored (Home / Away)	37
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.78
2.39	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.06
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.72	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.17

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
22	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
12	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
2-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (4 times)

Bookings

59	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	27
5	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Cristiano Ronaldo	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Cristiano Ronaldo	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Nicklas Bendtner
Cristiano Ronaldo	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
Cristiano Ronaldo	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
Cristiano Ronaldo	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	9 assists	Robin van Persie
Cristiano Ronaldo	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	6 assists	Robin van Persie
Carlos Tévez	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Nicklas Bendtner

Historical head to head

Home

97 matches

56 v

24 d

17 l

177 gf

83 ga

Away

98 matches

25 v

17 d

56 l

124 gf

200 ga

Neutral ground

12 matches

3 v

4 d

5 l

12 gf

17 ga

Total

207 matches

84 v

45 d

78 l

313 gf

300 ga

Historical head to head

Home

98 matches

56 v

17 d

25 l

200 gf

124 ga

Away

97 matches

17 v

24 d

56 l

83 gf

177 ga

Neutral ground

12 matches

5 v

4 d

3 l

17 gf

12 ga

Total

207 matches

78 v

45 d

84 l

300 gf

313 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 05, 2009 - Ligue des Champions 2008/2009

Arsenal

1 - 3

Man United

April 29, 2009 - Ligue des Champions 2008/2009

Man United

1 - 0

Arsenal

November 08, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Arsenal

2 - 1

Man United

April 13, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Man United

2 - 1

Arsenal

February 16, 2008 - FA Cup 2007/2008

Man United

4 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Mark Hughes	8 goals	1984 - 1995
Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Cristiano Ronaldo	6 goals	2005 - 2009
Lee Sharpe	6 goals	1990 - 1995
Steve Coppell	6 goals	1975 - 1983
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1958 - 1961

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

Thierry Henry	9 goals	2000 - 2007
John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Malcolm Macdonald	7 goals	1976 - 1978
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.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Ryan Giggs	41 matches	1991 - 2009
Gary Neville	30 matches	1994 - 2008
Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1958 - 1973
Paul Scholes	28 matches	1995 - 2008
Roy Keane	27 matches	1993 - 2005
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1956 - 1968

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