Arsenal vs Manchester United – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Sreya

Arsenal vs Manchester United – Arsenal hosts Manchester United at the Emirates on 2nd December, Saturday in a crucial English Premier League fixture.

Arsenal are fourth in league standings with twenty-eight points while Manchester United are second with thirty-two points. While league leaders Manchester City are favorites to win the Premier League and have taken a considerable lead at the top of the table, the race for ‘top four’ finish continue between Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.

Both clubs have won their last three league games – pulling off impressive victories against Huddersfield and Watford in the midweek.

Team News

Santi Cazorla and Alexandre Lacazette are sidelined through injuries while Theo Walcott is yet to regain match fitness. Manchester United will be without the injured Michael Carrick, but Maroaune Fellaini, Phil Jones, Eric Bailly and Nemanja Matic will face late fitness tests.

Arsenal Possible Starting Lineup: Petr Cech, Laurent Koscielny, Shokdran Mustafi, Nacho Monreal, Hector Bellerin, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Sead Kolasinac, Mesut Ozil, Danny Welbeck, Alexis Sanchez.

Manchester United Starting Lineup: David de Gea, Victor Lindelof, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Antonio Valencia, Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini, Paul Pogba, Ashley Young, Romelu Lukaku, Marcus Rashford.

“Ozil is a great player, but he added something that people wanted to see from him as well, that he can fight and come back and win the ball back. Once people see that they are behind you, everybody knows in the stadium that he is a good football player and at the moment he shows that he can fight.”

– Arsene Wenger, Arsenal.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Arsenal vs Manchester United H2H Stats, Arsenal have won two, drawn two and lost one of their previous five meetings with Manchester United.

Arsenal have won their last twelve home matches in the Premier League and will go into this game confident of their chances, especially after their win over Tottenham Hotspur a few weeks back.

It should be a closely contested affair with a 1-1 draw being the most probable outcome.