PREMIER LEAGUE MONDAY: We preview Monday’s Premier League game between MAN U v ARSENAL with a recommended BETDAQ bet and extended stats.
MANCHESTER UNITED V ARSENAL
8pm What an absolute cracker for Monday Night Football this week! Manchester United and Arsenal may not be the title decider these days, but it’s become a massive fixture for different reason. Both have been very poor in recent years, and they are now battling for a Top Four finish rather than the title. We have seen calls for both managers to go already this season, perhaps a sign of how fickle fans have become these days, however whoever loses this game will be under immense pressure.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Manchester United 2.54, Arsenal 3.0 and the draw is 3.6. United have a good recent record against Arsenal as they unbeaten in their last 12 meetings. They have won eight of those games too – however Mourinho always had a good record against Wenger and realistically Arsenal have nothing to fear from his United side.
United struggled to create chances against during the week in the League Cup against Rochdale and failed to find the net last weekend against West Ham. It’s well documented Arsenal face their own struggles but we feel that they are playing better football than United at the moment. Looking at the sides coming into this clash; it looks perfectly set up for an Arsenal win.
Arsenal may be conceding goals but they have been scoring plenty. They’re entertaining and although unreliable at the back and especially away from home; they can keep this United side at bay for most of the game. It’s hard not to see goals in this one, however we feel Arsenal can easily outscore this United side. United just don’t create enough chances and Arsenal look massive at 3.0. It’s tempting to lay United; but Arsenal can win this.
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MATCH STATS
- Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 12 Premier League games against Arsenal at Old Trafford (W8 D4 L0) since a 1-0 defeat in September 2006.
- Arsenal are looking to register consecutive Premier League victories over Man Utd for the first time since winning both matches in the 2006-07 campaign.
- All three of Arsenal’s away Premier League victories against Manchester United have been on different days of the week (Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday). This is only their third Premier League meeting with the Red Devils on a Monday, drawing 1-1 in January 2000 and losing 0-1 in December 2010.
- Arsenal have taken (1) or faced (3) a penalty in each of their last four Premier League games and could become just the sixth side in the competition’s history to see a penalty awarded in five successive games. This season, Man Utd have won the most (4) and Arsenal have conceded the most (3) spot-kicks in the competition.
- Manchester United have lost three of their last six Premier League home games (W2 D1), as many as they had in their previous 52 at Old Trafford (W32 D17 L3).
- Manchester United lost their last home league game against a London club (1-2 vs Crystal Palace) – they’ve not lost consecutive home games against sides from the capital since December 2001 (vs Chelsea and West Ham).
- Arsenal have conceded at least twice in each of their last four Premier League games – they’ve not shipped 2+ goals in five consecutive top-flight games since August 1985.
- Ole Gunnar Solskjær lost his first Premier League game against Arsenal as Manchester United boss, with only three Man Utd managers losing their first two league games against the Gunners – James West (1900), Tommy Docherty (1973) and Dave Sexton (1977/78).
- Jesse Lingard has scored four goals for Manchester United against Arsenal in all competitions, more than he has versus any other side for the Red Devils.
- Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored 13 goals in his last 13 starts in the Premier League, while his haul of six goals is the most by an Arsenal player in their first six games of the season since Emmanuel Adebayor in 2007-08 (also six).
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