Match Preview: Arsenal vs Man United

Match Preview
May 6, 2017
2 min read

Make a date this Sunday at 6:00 PM at the Emirates Stadium, it's a big clash, it's another episode of the great rivalry :Arsenal vs Manchester United.

The rivalry dates back to the early 80's, 90's and 2000's when both clubs were so dominant in English football, moreso the era of the Invincibles whose unbeaten run was controversially ended by United at Old Trafford and tempers flared and a young Cesc Fabregas even threw a pizza at Sir Alex Ferguson in the tunnel.

This time, there'll be no love lost when the giants clash again live on Sky Sports 1 in the UK but as usual we have some livestream links for you here in Africa and other places. (http://cricfree.sc/football-live-stream)

It will be a forth game in just two weeks and Jose confirmed that the players who had regularly featured in that period will be rested.

“The players are in accumulation with lots of minutes because we played nine matches in April and now the one against Celta, so 10 in four-and-a-half weeks. The players in that accumulation are not going to play this weekend."

We have our very own predicted starting lineup here with all the possible changes.

Any latest team news? Yes...

Ashley Young is reportedly out for the season after sustaining a hamstring injury against Celta Vigo while Marcus Rashford was withdrawn late on with a minor knock which should allow him to return on Thursday.

We also know Marouane Fellaini is still suspended for two more games after his red card at home against Swansea.

Chris Smalling returned to action at Celta Vigo and he could make his first start since March while Phil Jones is back fit and will be part of the squad although he missed out at Celta.

Smalling could replace Bailly in the starting lineup against Arsenal

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marcos Rojo and Luke Shaw are still out for the season. Tim Fosuh-Mensah remains out with a painful shoulder.

For Arsenal, Granit Xhaka will miss out with an ankle injury while goalkeeper David Ospina and defender Shkodran Mustafi are back after injuries.

Latest form...

We come into this fixture on the back of a 1-0 win over Celta Vigo in Spain meaning we are still unbeaten in 12 games in all competitions.

In the Premier League, we are still unbeaten in 25 league games, the longest such run you will find anywhere in all the major European leagues.

Arsenal come fresh from their humbling defeat in the North London Derby against Tottenham Hotspur, their fifth loss in six away games.

It's a must win game especially for Arsenal with them being 6 points off the top four so we should play without any pressure and we could end up beating them comfortably.

They somehow managed to knick a fortunate draw in our last meeting so we should be aiming for revenge tomorrow.

Overall we have the best head to head record having won 96 and drawn 47 of the last 225 matches. In fact, we have lost only once at the Emirates since 2010/2011, a 3-0 defeat last season.

These are the other fixtures this game-week:

Sunday

Liverpool v Southampton (3:30 PM)

Monday

Chelsea v Middlesbrough (10:00 PM)