Football Previews
Arsenal vs Manchester United
Competition – Barclays Premier League
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Date: 3rd September 2023
Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT
The Premier League resumes this weekend with Manchester United travelling to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal.
After back-to-back wins in their opening games, the Gunners’ fast start to the season hit a snag last weekend as they were held to a 2-2 draw against Fulham at home.
For the eighth time in nine Premier League games, Mikel Arteta’s men failed to keep a clean sheet at the Emirates Stadium, with Andreas Pereira breaking the deadlock for the visitors inside the first minute.
But despite the setback, they rallied in the second half to score twice inside two minutes before a late goal from Joao Palhinha settled the game at 2-2 despite Calvin Bassey’s red card.
That result kept them unbeaten for the season, though, so they will be looking to return to winning ways when they welcome a Manchester United side they have beaten in four of their last five (D1) visits to the Emirates Stadium.
The Red Devils travel to London in high spirits after coming from two goals down to win 3-2 against Nottingham Forest in their last game. Erik ten Hag’s side conceded twice inside the first ten minutes of the match and could have gone further behind.
However, they dug in to secure the win ensuring their only loss so far was their Matchday Two loss to Tottenham away from home.
They visit North London again this week, hoping for the best and desperate to improve their results away from Old Trafford. United has been terrible away from home recently, with the Red Devils winning just one of their last eight games in all competitions played away from Old Trafford (D2, L5–inside 90 minutes).
However, their chances of ending their winless run at the Emirates look bleak, with a lack of proper signings and injuries to key members of their squad threatening to ruin their season even before it starts.
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:
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
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