Manchester United welcomes Arsenal to Old Trafford on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 4:30 BST (11:30 am ET, 8:30 am PT). Arsenal finished second and missed out on two important semi-finals, while United struggled to finish the season in 15th place.

Arsenal have started the 2025-26 Premier League season with a win, beating Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford. Riccardo Calafiori scored the only goal of the game, nodding home in the 13th minute after Altay Bayindir made a mess of Declan Rice ’s inswinging corner.

The schedule makers didn't do Ruben Amorim any favors to start the Premier League season, but his Manchester United showed up to play against Arsenal on Sunday.

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The wisdom of signing two players who understand the Premier League was evident as they immediately looked settled at Old Trafford

We have had plenty of questions come in after Arsenal's 1-0 win over Manchester United in the opening weekend of the Premier League. The most common theme was Arsenal's need to sign a left-winger. Mikel Arteta said himself after the pre-season match against Athletic Bilbao that the Gunners are "actively looking at options" in the market.

Arsenal snuck a narrow 1-0 victory over Manchester United to make the perfect start to their Premier League campaign at Old Trafford.