Manchester United vs Arsenal Preview

Manchester United vs Arsenal

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Old Trafford

Date: 5th December 2018

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Arsenal will be looking to become the latest team to exploit Manchester United’s poor home form as they head to Old Trafford for this game.

The Red Devils have struggled to get results at home this season with some of the highlights of their home form including a 3-0 loss against Tottenham, a Carabao Cup exit at the hands of Derby County and going more than 200 minutes without scoring a goal in the Champions League at home.

United have started changing things a little with back to back clean sheets for De Gea, but they failed to beat struggling Southampton in their last league game as they played out a 2-2 draw against the Saints.

Arsenal are a team in form and their 4-2 win over Tottenham at the weekend highlights just how good they have become under Unai Emery.

The Gunners haven’t lost an away game since August when Marcos Alonso scored a late winner for Chelsea.

The last time Arsenal played here, they were beaten 2-1 however this Unai Emery team are playing with so much confidence and they will believe that they can get the points against Jose Mourinho’s men here.

Arsenal have won one and lost two of their last four meetings with Manchester United and it has been more than 11 games since they beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in a Premier League game.

Despite Manchester United’s struggles, bookmakers have priced them up as favourites to get the job done at home however the odds are extremely close and Arsenal will undoubtedly have their supporters.

Goal markets suggest this will be a lively affair as over 2.5 goals is currently trading odds-on.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is favourite with bookies to score the first goal closely followed by Alexandre Lacazette and Romelu Lukaku.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Manchester United

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Manchester United 1-0 Young Boys 27 Nov, 2018 UEFA Champions League
D Manchester United 0-0 Crystal Palace 24 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
L Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United 11 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
W Juventus 1-2 Manchester United 7 Nov, 2018 UEFA Champions League
W AFC Bournemouth 1-2 Manchester United 3 Nov, 2018 English Premier League

Arsenal

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W AFC Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal 25 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
D Arsenal 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
D Arsenal 0-0 Sporting CP 8 Nov, 2018 UEFA Europa League
D Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool 3 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
W Arsenal 2-1 Blackpool 31 Oct, 2018 English Carabao Cup

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal 29 Apr, 2018 English Premier League
Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United 2 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United 7 May, 2017 English Premier League
Manchester United 1-1 Arsenal 19 Nov, 2016 English Premier League
Manchester United 3-2 Arsenal 28 Feb, 2016 English Premier League


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May 2, 2024
Chelsea 19:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 20:00 Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal 12:30 AFC Bournemouth
Brentford 15:00 Fulham
Burnley 15:00 Newcastle United
Sheffield United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 14:00 Aston Villa
Chelsea 14:00 West Ham United
Liverpool 16:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace 20:00 Manchester United
May 11, 2024
Fulham 12:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 15:00 Burnley
West Ham United 15:00 Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
AFC Bournemouth 15:00 Brentford
Everton 15:00 Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest 17:30 Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United 16:30 Arsenal

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 35 25 5 5 85 28 +57 80
2 Manchester City 34 24 7 3 82 32 +50 79
3 Liverpool 35 22 9 4 77 36 +41 75
4 Aston Villa 35 20 7 8 73 52 +21 67
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 6 9 67 52 +15 60
6 Manchester United 34 16 6 12 52 51 +1 54
7 Newcastle United 34 16 5 13 74 55 +19 53
8 West Ham United 35 13 10 12 56 65 -9 49
9 Chelsea 33 13 9 11 63 59 +4 48
10 AFC Bournemouth 35 13 9 13 52 60 -8 48
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 13 7 15 48 55 -7 46
12 Brighton & Hov… 34 11 11 12 52 57 -5 44
13 Fulham 35 12 7 16 51 55 -4 43
14 Crystal Palace 35 10 10 15 45 57 -12 40
15 Everton 35 12 8 15 37 48 -11 36
16 Brentford 35 9 8 18 52 60 -8 35
17 Nottingham Forest 35 7 9 19 42 62 -20 26
18 Luton Town 35 6 7 22 48 77 -29 25
19 Burnley 35 5 9 21 38 70 -32 24
20 Sheffield United 35 3 7 25 34 97 -63 16

Latest Premier League Results

April 28, 2024
Nottingham Forest 0 - 2 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 3 Arsenal
AFC Bournemouth 3 - 0 Brighton & Hov…
April 27, 2024
Aston Villa 2 - 2 Chelsea
Everton 1 - 0 Brentford
Fulham 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 1 - 1 Burnley
Newcastle United 5 - 1 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 1 Luton Town
West Ham United 2 - 2 Liverpool
April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 0 - 4 Manchester City
April 24, 2024
Manchester United 4 - 2 Sheffield United
Everton 2 - 0 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
April 23, 2024
Arsenal 5 - 0 Chelsea
April 21, 2024
Fulham 1 - 3 Liverpool
Aston Villa 3 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 5 - 2 West Ham United
Everton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest

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