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Man. Utd. face a trip to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Red Devils will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2007, the Gunners carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sun 21 Jan | Arsenal | 2 - 1 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 17 Sep | Man. Utd. | 0 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 09 Apr | Man. Utd. | 2 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 03 Jan | Arsenal | 0 - 0 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 21 May | Arsenal | 0 - 0 | Man. Utd. | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 01 Feb | Arsenal | 2 - 4 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 01 Dec | Man. Utd. | 1 - 0 | Arsenal | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Gunners have rattled up an impressive 22 goals, and conceded 2.
Man. Utd.'s away form is equally impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. Those games have seen the Red Devils pummel 11 goals, and let in 4.
Arsenal are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 26 points from the 10 games played. Man. Utd. sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 26 points from their 11 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 16 |
| Man. Utd. | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 18 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Man. Utd. are certainly at their peak on the road, though your FootyMad panel sees this as a stern test, and one from which they may have to settle for a draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Won 10 successive home games. 11 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 24 matches. |
| Man. Utd. | 5 successive away victories. 7 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 6 matches. Last drawn game 14 outings ago. |