Manchester Utd vs Arsenal prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-03-08 16:30.
[p]Once the Premier League’s most competitive rivalry, Manchester United head into this latest meeting with Arsenal trailing the Gunners by a whopping 21 points. After a 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, the Red Devils will be fighting fatigue – as well as the distraction of the upcoming return leg – as they chase a first set of back-to-back Premier League wins this season.[/p]
[p]That looks a tall order against an opponent they have lost each of the last four Premier League H2Hs against, with that United’s longest losing streak against Arsenal in their league history. Ruben Amorim’s men prevailed the last time these sides met in the FA Cup in January, but winning a 100th H2H here will require a rare home league win for the Red Devils, who have emerged victorious from just two of their last seven such matches at Old Trafford (L5).[/p]
[p]Arsenal were 1-0 winners on this ground last season, and arrive in a confident mood as they chase successive H2H league wins on this ground for the first time since February 1979. Having failed to score in their last two Premier League games (D1, L1), the Gunners became the first team in the history of the UEFA Champions League to score seven goals in an away knockout stage match as they steamrolled PSV on Tuesday (7-1).[/p]
[p]Mikel Arteta will take charge of his 200th Premier League game here, with only four managers in competition history bettering his 118 wins in their first 200 games. Seven of those came against Manchester United (D1, L2), with the Spaniard boasting the best win rate of any manager to face the Red Devils at least five times in the competition (70%).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: United’s dearth of attacking options has allowed Joshua Zirkzee a run of starts – he scored against Sociedad in midweek and netted the winning penalty when the Red Devils dumped Arsenal out of the FA Cup. One of six scorers against PSV, Leandro Trossard is gunning to become just the third Arsenal player in Premier League history to score at Old Trafford in successive seasons.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Since Amorim’s first game in charge of Manchester United, only Leicester (13) have conceded the opening goal more than the Red Devils (12).[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]