Manchester UnitedLLLLWW 🌤
Manchester United will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 0-1 Premier League triumph against Southampton.
In that game, Manchester United managed 52% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Manchester United was Bruno Fernandes (55'). On the other side, Southampton had 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Manchester United have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Manchester United have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 12 goals during that time.
ArsenalLWWWWW 🔥
Arsenal head into the match following on from a 2-1 Premier League win as they beat Fulham in their most recent fixture.
In that game, Arsenal managed 72% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For Arsenal, the goals were scored by Martin Ødegaard (64') and Gabriel Magalhães (86'). For their opponents, Fulham had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Aleksandar Mitrović (56') was the scorer for Fulham.
Proving their bias toward high-scoring matches, goals have been scored 22 times in the previous 6 matches in which Arsenal have taken to the field, giving a mean average of 3.67 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have got 6 of this grand total. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 30/09/2019 shows that Manchester United have won 1 of them & Arsenal 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.
A combined sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 5 of them for The Red Devils and 9 coming from The Gunners. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.
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📋 Team News: Manchester United
It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Victor Lindelöf (Unknown Injury) will miss out.
🗞️ Team News: Arsenal
Thanks to a fully healthy group available to select from, the Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has no fitness concerns to speak of before this clash.
🔮 Prediction
We feel that Arsenal and Manchester United are probably both going to find scoring goals difficult here.
Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. That is why we are leaning toward a tight encounter, finishing with a 0-0 draw at the end of this game.
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