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:
December 7, 2024
Everton
01:00
Liverpool
December 22, 2024
Everton
15:00
Chelsea
Fulham
15:00
Southampton
Leicester City
15:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester United
15:00
AFC Bournemouth
Tottenham Hotspur
17:30
Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City
13:30
Everton
AFC Bournemouth
16:00
Crystal Palace
Chelsea
16:00
Fulham
Newcastle United
16:00
Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest
16:00
Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton
16:00
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
18:30
Manchester United
Liverpool
21:00
Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
20:30
Brentford
Arsenal
21:15
Ipswich Town
Premier League Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Liverpool
15
11
3
1
31
13
+18
36
2
Chelsea
16
10
4
2
37
19
+18
34
3
Arsenal
17
9
6
2
34
16
+18
33
4
Nottingham Forest
17
9
4
4
23
19
+4
31
5
Aston Villa
17
8
4
5
26
26
+0
28
6
Manchester City
17
8
3
6
29
25
+4
27
7
Newcastle United
17
7
5
5
27
21
+6
26
8
AFC Bournemouth
16
7
4
5
24
21
+3
25
9
Brighton & Hov…
17
6
7
4
27
26
+1
25
10
Fulham
16
6
6
4
24
22
+2
24
11
Tottenham Hotspur
16
7
2
7
36
19
+17
23
12
Brentford
17
7
2
8
32
32
+0
23
13
Manchester United
16
6
4
6
21
19
+2
22
14
West Ham United
17
5
5
7
22
30
-8
20
15
Crystal Palace
17
3
7
7
18
26
-8
16
16
Everton
15
3
6
6
14
21
-7
15
17
Leicester City
16
3
5
8
21
34
-13
14
18
Ipswich Town
17
2
6
9
16
32
-16
12
19
Wolverhampton Wanderers
16
2
3
11
24
40
-16
9
20
Southampton
16
1
2
13
11
36
-25
5
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