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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 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 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 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:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

Latest Premier League Results

December 22, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 6 Liverpool
Manchester United 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Southampton
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town

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