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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


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

April 20, 2024
Luton Town 15:00 Brentford
Sheffield United 15:00 Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers 19:30 Arsenal
April 21, 2024
Everton 13:30 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 15:00 West Ham United
Fulham 16:30 Liverpool
April 23, 2024
Arsenal 20:00 Chelsea
April 24, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 19:45 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 20:00 Newcastle United
Everton 20:00 Liverpool
Manchester United 20:00 Sheffield United
April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:00 Manchester City
April 27, 2024
West Ham United 12:30 Liverpool
Fulham 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 15:00 Burnley
Newcastle United 15:00 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Luton Town
Everton 17:30 Brentford
Aston Villa 20:00 Chelsea

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Manchester City 32 22 7 3 76 32 +44 73
2 Arsenal 32 22 5 5 75 26 +49 71
3 Liverpool 32 21 8 3 72 31 +41 71
4 Aston Villa 33 19 6 8 68 49 +19 63
5 Tottenham Hotspur 32 18 6 8 65 49 +16 60
6 Newcastle United 32 15 5 12 69 52 +17 50
7 Manchester United 32 15 5 12 47 48 -1 50
8 West Ham United 33 13 9 11 52 58 -6 48
9 Chelsea 31 13 8 10 61 52 +9 47
10 Brighton & Hov… 32 11 11 10 52 50 +2 44
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 12 7 13 46 51 -5 43
12 Fulham 33 12 6 15 49 51 -2 42
13 AFC Bournemouth 32 11 9 12 47 57 -10 42
14 Crystal Palace 32 8 9 15 37 54 -17 33
15 Brentford 33 8 8 17 47 58 -11 32
16 Everton 32 9 8 15 32 48 -16 27
17 Nottingham Forest 33 7 9 17 42 58 -16 26
18 Luton Town 33 6 7 20 46 70 -24 25
19 Burnley 33 4 8 21 33 68 -35 20
20 Sheffield United 32 3 7 22 30 84 -54 16

Latest Premier League Results

April 15, 2024
Chelsea 6 - 0 Everton
April 14, 2024
Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston Villa
West Ham United 0 - 2 Fulham
Liverpool 0 - 1 Crystal Palace
April 13, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 2 Manchester United
Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 5 - 1 Luton Town
Burnley 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Brentford 2 - 0 Sheffield United
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
April 7, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 1 Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United 2 - 2 Chelsea
Manchester United 2 - 2 Liverpool
April 6, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 0 - 3 Arsenal
Fulham 0 - 1 Newcastle United
Everton 1 - 0 Burnley
Aston Villa 3 - 3 Brentford
Luton Town 2 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 West Ham United
Crystal Palace 2 - 4 Manchester City

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