Match Report
4 points and 7 places separated them: Arsenal W 6th with 5, Manchester United W 13th with 1. Against a league average of 1.52 goals per team per game, Arsenal W ran at 0.67 scored and 0.33 conceded, Manchester United W at 0.67 and 2.67.
Arsenal W were unbeaten in 9. Manchester United W entered with six losses in a row. Arsenal W had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Manchester United W, 0.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 3 Arsenal W wins, 2 for Manchester United W, 5 draws, at 2.3 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 30% of the wins in this matchup. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 30% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Emirates Stadium (capacity 60,704). A. Byrne officiated: 100 games logged, averaging 1.8 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Arsenal W: Smilla Hilma Holmberg (90') · Manchester United W: Julia Margareta Zigiotti Olme (67')
Key stats
Possession: Arsenal W 59% · Manchester United W 41% · Total shots: 17-4 · On target: 7-3 · Corners: 12-0