Underachievers Arsenal and Man Utd meet at the Emirates

Arsenal welcome Manchester United to the Emirates Stadium for the late kick-off on Saturday evening in a Premier League match that both managers will hope can provide the impetus for their teams to go on and push in to the top four and Champions League qualification.

Arsenal`s Premier League form has been poor of late and Arsene Wenger will know that his team can not afford to keep dropping points, especially at home. From their last 5 Premier League matches, Arsenal have won two, drawn one and lost two, with both of those defeats coming away from the Emirates. However, the draw against Hull City was at the Emirates Stadium and those are the kind of dropped points that Arsenal can do without. Further reading shows that Arsenal have only managed two wins from their five home matches in the Premier League this season, with the other three games being draws and bet365 offer 5/4 that Arsenal can make it three wins out of six games come the final whistle on Saturday night.

If they are to defeat Manchester United, Arsene Wenger will be relying on forward Alexis Sanchez to do the damage. Another fine goal for his country in mid-week will only have increased the already high confidence levels of the Chilean who has scored 6 goals in his last 4 competitive games for Arsenal. Sanchez has a total of 8 goals to his name in the Premier League this season and is third in the Premier League goal scoring charts. bet365 offer 5/1 for Sanchez to get the opening goal of the game. Danny Welbeck should be fit to start the match after picking up a slight hamstring injury playing for England and will be determined to do well against his former club. Despite playing well and showing glimpses of what he is capable of, Welbeck has only 2 Premier League goals to his name and will need to improve on this if he is to remain in the team when Olivier Giroud returns to full fitness. What better way to prove Welbeck`s value to the Arsenal team than by scoring against Manchester United and BetVictor offer 19/4 that the Englishman will get the first goal of the match.

Louis van Gaal is still struggling to find any kind of consistency, both with his team selections and results. Manchester United have won only two of their last five Premier League games, drawing two and suffering one defeat, which came away to rivals Manchester City. It`s away from home where Manchester United have been having the most problems, failing to win a Premier League game away from Old Trafford in five attempts this season. ladbrokes offer 12/5 for Manchester United to break their duck and win away from home for the first time this season.

Although Angel Di Maria returned from international duty with a knock, he should be passed fit to play and is still Manchester United`s joint top goal scorer this season with 3 goals. Di Maria is 3/1 with bet365 to score at any time during the game. Wayne Rooney returns from international duty full of confidence after scoring three times in two games for England and is available at 13/2 with bet365 to get the first goal of the game.

Going back to 2007, Arsenal have only beaten Manchester United twice in 18 attempts, both home and away in all competitions and have failed to defeat them in their last 3 home Premier League games. Each of these three matches has been tight, with one win for Manchester United, 2-1 and two draws, a 1-1 and a 0-0. This suggests that there is currently little to split the two teams and the draw can be backed at 12/5 with ladbrokes. Manchester United have only kept one clean sheet away from home this season and likewise Arsenal in their home games and BetVictor offer 7/2 for the match to finish a draw with both teams to score.

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