Premier League preview: Can Arsenal edge out victory against Manchester United?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

This could be a great game, with Arsenal placed 1st and Manchester United placed 3rd. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Arsenal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Manchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

The visiting Manchester United played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That game, against Crystal Palace, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Manchester United.

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Arsenal form and stats

Arsenal have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 7 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale not having conceded a league goal in 193 minutes.

Arsenal enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tottenham Hotspur's place. The match ended 2-0 with Ødegaard scoring. Arsenal goalkeeper Ramsdale did an outstanding job against Tottenham Hotspur with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Ramsdale was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.84 out of ten. Ramsdale topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, a fine away victory at Oxford United. A FA Cup match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arsenal handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Goals are plentiful at Emirates Stadium in the league this season as Arsenal has scored 22 goals here in 8 home games.

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Manchester United form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Manchester United have produced an overall stat of 5-2-3 so far.

Manchester United has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Crystal Palace for a 1-1 draw. Midfield player Fernandes was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.05/10. Fernandes scored one goal and hit four key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Manchester City.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Carabao Cup trip to Nottingham Forest.

United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Manchester United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other previously this season, with the result Manchester United - Arsenal 3-1 logged in the official records. Previous ten meetings with these teams: Arsenal won four, Manchester United triumphed in three and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ArsenalM. Ødegaard
M. Ødegaard
8 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
8 goals
ArsenalG. Martinelli Silva
G. Martinelli Silva
7 goals

Arsenal missing players

Manchester United missing players

Arsenal Manchester United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 2 10 19
15 7 2 Won W 1 5 12
2 1 1 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
42 22 5 Scored S 5 13 30
14 8 2 Conceded C 7 17 22
94% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
83% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 74%
61% 88% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 58%
39% 62% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 21%
22% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 10% 5%
50% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 53%
50% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 42%
6% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 11%
 
5.3 6.9 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.3 4.2
4.1 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.3 5.3
1.8 1.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.6 19 20.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.4 14
5.5 7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 5.2 5.4
42% 39% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 25% 29%
 
8.7 7.2 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 18 11.8 11.4
3.2 2.8 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 4.6 3.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Arsenal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Manchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 18 15 2 1 42 14 8 7 1 0 22 8 10 8 1 1 20 6 28 47
2 Manchester City 18 12 3 3 46 18 9 7 1 1 31 10 9 5 2 2 15 8 28 39
3 Manchester United 19 12 3 4 30 22 9 7 1 1 17 5 10 5 2 3 13 17 8 39
4 Newcastle United 19 10 8 1 33 11 10 6 4 0 18 5 9 4 4 1 15 6 22 38
5 Tottenham Hotspur 19 10 3 6 37 27 10 6 0 4 21 15 9 4 3 2 16 12 10 33
6 Fulham 20 9 4 7 32 29 10 5 3 2 18 15 10 4 1 5 14 14 3 31
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 18 9 3 6 35 25 9 4 2 3 16 10 9 5 1 3 19 15 10 30
8 Brentford 19 7 8 4 32 28 10 5 4 1 20 10 9 2 4 3 12 18 4 29
9 Liverpool 18 8 4 6 34 25 9 6 2 1 23 9 9 2 2 5 11 16 9 28
10 Chelsea 19 8 4 7 22 21 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 3 2 5 9 14 1 28
11 Aston Villa 19 7 4 8 22 27 10 5 2 3 15 11 9 2 2 5 7 16 -5 25
12 Crystal Palace 19 6 5 8 18 27 10 4 2 4 11 16 9 2 3 4 7 11 -9 23
13 Nottingham Forest 19 5 5 9 15 34 10 4 3 3 13 12 9 1 2 6 2 22 -19 20
14 Leeds United 18 4 5 9 26 33 9 3 3 3 15 14 9 1 2 6 11 19 -7 17
15 Leicester City 19 5 2 12 26 33 9 2 2 5 9 10 10 3 0 7 17 23 -7 17
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 4 5 10 12 27 10 3 2 5 6 14 9 1 3 5 6 13 -15 17
17 AFC Bournemouth 19 4 4 11 18 41 9 3 2 4 9 10 10 1 2 7 9 31 -23 16
18 West Ham United 19 4 3 12 15 25 9 3 1 5 9 12 10 1 2 7 6 13 -10 15
19 Everton 19 3 6 10 15 26 10 2 2 6 9 14 9 1 4 4 6 12 -11 15
20 Southampton 19 4 3 12 17 34 9 1 3 5 9 16 10 3 0 7 8 18 -17 15

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.