Arsenal will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Manchester United.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Arsenal and Manchester United.
Arsenal form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Arsenal at their home stadium (Emirates Stadium) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Arsenal's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Manchester United (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Arsenal lost 1-2 at home to Chelsea.
This is expected to be a close game, with Arsenal perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Arsenal as a small favourite), we find five games. Arsenal has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Arsenal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Emirates Stadium with 15 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Arsenal defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Manchester United form and stats
3-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Manchester United in their Premier League matches away.
Two away games in a row for Manchester United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Arsenal in the Premier League. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Burnley.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Manchester United playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Manchester United have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Manchester United in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Manchester United - Arsenal 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Arsenal won 3 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Manchester United has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4Top Goalscorers
  P. Aubameyang 13 goals |   M. Rashford 12 goals |  A. Martial 7 goals |
Arsenal missing players
Manchester United missing players
| Arsenal | Manchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 30 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 25 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | 86% |
| 57% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 43% |
| 38% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 29% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 10% |
| 67% | 73% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 45% | 62% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 19% | 9% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 45% | 24% |
| 6.6 | 7.7 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 240 | 134 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 135 | 295 |
| 88 | 50 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 53 | 111 |
| 32% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 23% | 29% |
- Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 33 | 55 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 27 | 45 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 31 | 41 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Sheffield United | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Everton | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Southampton | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -13 | 25 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 25 |
| 13 | Arsenal | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Burnley | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 24 |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 21 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Watford | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 13 |
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