About Match
Arsenal go into the game 2nd in the table on 9 points; Manchester United sit 11th on 4 — a 5-point gap. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Arsenal run at 2 scored and 0.33 conceded, Manchester United at 2.33 and 2. Victory would move Arsenal to 12 points and up to 1st, with other results unchanged.
Momentum sits with Arsenal, winners of their last four, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Over the last five, Arsenal have taken 13 of 15 points to Manchester United's 5.
40 meetings are on record — 14 won by Arsenal, 16 by Manchester United, 10 drawn, at 2.73 goals per meeting.
Emirates Stadium in London, capacity 60,704, hosts the game.