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Arsenal to win: 19/10 at William Hill
Draw: 12/5 at Bet365
Manchester United to win: 13/8 at Paddy Power
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EPL Match Preview: This is usually one of the best fixtures on the calendar year, Arsenal v Manchester United betting. There is pretty much some controversy, talking points and high quality action when Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson comes together. It is always a hotly contested affair, and it could be a great re-union for Paul Scholes, who has just come out of retirement and Arsenal’s Thierry Henry who has joined his old club on loan until the end of the season. United go into Sunday’s fixture trailing their big spending rivals Manchester City by three points and with Tottenham breathing right down their neck just two points back, United have to keep up the pressure. Arsenal’s revival looked to be going well until the last couple of fixtures where they have dropped six points. That has left them trying to play catch up in fifth place in the table, four points behind fourth placed Chelsea. So the points at stake are going to be massive for both of these clubs in what is really going to be a superb Sunday of action in Premier League betting. Can the Gunners get one over on their old rivals and dent United’s title hopes? Or can the Red Devils rediscover that winning consistency.
Arsenal Form: Sadly Thierry Henry could miss out on the big clash with Manchester United. The striker is struggling with a calf strain and he may have to miss the showcase fixture at The Emirates. The Gunners have been spluttering a little bit of late, going into the home match against Manchester united on the back of two away defeats. It hasn’t been a great start to the new year for Arsene Wenger, as he has seen his side crash away at Fulham and then at Swansea City. Still, they can look at their home form and take a lot of heart as they have suffered only one defeat there, picking up seven wins and two draws. That is a 70% win record at home in the Premier League this season for Arsene Wenger’s men and they are on a run on nine matches at the Emirates with no defeat. In the raising of their form since their poor start to the season, Arsenal have scored in each of their last nine home games racking up 16 home goals this season. That’s not a particularly hot tally for a home side of their calibre to be honest, but Arsenal’s defence at home has been marvellous, conceding just 6 goals at the Emirates. All this adds up to Arsenal scoring 1.6 on average per home game and conceding on average just 0.6 per game. So that is pretty strong stats for backing Arsenal to get something out of this game. Arsenal have kept clean sheets in half of their home fixtures this season, and at the Emirates is where the bulk of their points have come from. Arsenal have been at their sharp shooting best in the second half of matches, with 58% of their league goals coming after the break. The second half though is where they have conceded most of their goals as well, so we can expect second half fireworks. The Gunners are already missing Mikel Arteta because of injury and influential defender Thomas Vermaelen is also struggling to be fit for the match. Arsenal need to shake off their inconsistency again and get back to what they were doing so well on their eight match unbeaten streak. Robin van Persie will be the big danger man again, and the pressure will be on him if Thierry Henry can’t make it.
Manchester United Form: Sir Alex Ferguson will have been a bit dismayed as his side’s recent form They really dropped the ball at home against Blackburn and then were a total shambles at the back against Newcastle. They are missing Nemanja Vidic in the heart of the defence, because as Newcastle proved, if you get at the United back line with pace then you are going to get rewarded. United did hit back with a 3-0 home win over Bolton though last weekend, but the fits and starts of scoring form from Wayne Rooney continues as he hasn’t hit the back of the net in the league for four matches now. With Javier Hernandez not chipping in either, Dimitar Berbatov has suddenly come back into the fore for the Red Devils. United, being United, have a decent away record in the league this year, running up seven wins, two draws and one defeat. That is a 70% strike rate away from home, exactly the same as Arsenal’s home form, so it all points to a fascinating meeting again. Although they lost their last away match, they are six away games without picking up a draw now and they are scoring at a fair old click away from Old Trafford. United have hit 19 away goals at a rate of 1.90 per game, and the defence has been much better away from home that it has at Old Trafford this season, conceding only six at a rate of 0.60 goals per match. The stats of United’s away form and Arsenal home is remarkably similar. United have bagged the most amount of goals in the final fifteen minutes of matches, and they have opened the scoring in 81% of their matches this season, which is a great stat to pay attention to. Wayne Rooney is still the key man for them, having hit 13 league goals, and six of them away from home. Their current form does read two losses and a win in their last three matches, and this is a big period for the Red Devils in the league and the FA Cup with some big fixtures coming up. United do get back Chris Smalling and Phil Jones into their defence as options for the trip to the Emirates.
Head to Head: Arsenal actually have a pretty strong head to head ascendancy in this fixture, winning 57% of their home matches against United. United have managed just 26 wins at Arsenal out of 100 attempts going into this match. The Gunners actually average just over two goals per game in this fixtures, while United are at just averaging 1.3 per game at Arsenal. In last year’s corresponding fixture, Arsenal grabbed a 1-0 victory after suffering two consecutive home defeats against Manchester United. In the overall head to head between these two, it is the Red Devils who are head 89 wins to 78 for Arsenal, with 46 drawn matches in total between them. The last draw between them was a 0-0 at Old Trafford back in May 2009.
