Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang remains a major
doubt for their home Premier League clash with Manchester United on Saturday
evening.
The forward has missed the last two games after revealing
his mother is suffering from “health issues” and mystery surrounds whether he
will be in contention for the game at the Emirates Stadium.
New signing Martin Odegaard is likely to be named on the bench and the Gunners should have Thomas Partey and Emile Smith Rowe available after the pair limped out of the win over Southampton on Tuesday with minor knocks, while Dani Ceballos and Pablo Mari (both calf) and Kieran Tierney (fitness) could also feature.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer expects Eric Bailly and Anthony Martial
to be available for Manchester United.
Bailly missed Wednesday’s shock defeat to Sheffield United
through injury and Martial went off late on with a shoulder complaint.
Solskjaer has checked on Martial and Axel Tuaznebe after the
pair were subjected to racist abuse on social media following that loss.
Brandon Williams has missed recent matches and Amad Diallo is set to line up
the U23s.
According to Opta, these are the statistics and records to
be broken:
Arsenal have won their last two Premier League matches
against Manchester United, last winning three in a row in September 1998 under
Arsène Wenger.
Manchester United are winless in all four Premier League
games against Arsenal under Ole Gunnar Solskjær (D1 L3) – the Norwegian is the
only Red Devils manager to face Arsenal more than once in the top-flight
without winning a game.
Arsenal are looking to record a Premier League double over
Manchester United for only the fourth time – the Gunners have won the league on
two of the previous three occasions they’ve done so (1997/98 and 2001/02), also
managing it in 2006/07, finishing 4th.
Manchester United haven’t lost three consecutive away
top-flight games against Arsenal since May 1991 – the Red Devils last lost
three away league games in a row against any single opponent versus Brighton
between 1982 and 2018.
Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three
home games in all competitions, as many as they had in their previous 19 at the
Emirates. They Gunners last recorded four consecutive shutouts at home in April
2019, a run that included a home win over Manchester United.
Manchester United are unbeaten in 17 Premier League away
games, their joint-longest run without defeat on the road in their top-flight
history (also September 1999). The Red Devils have won 26 points away from home
so far this season, more than any other Premier League side (W8 D2).
Arsenal have won five of their last six Premier League games
(D1), one more than they had in their first 14 this season (W4 D2 L8). The
Gunners have netted 14 goals in these six games, two more than they had in
their opening 14 (12).
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is looking to become the first
ever Gunners manager to win his first three league matches against Manchester
United, and only the fourth to win their first three Premier League games for
any club against the Red Devils, after Carlo Ancelotti, Manuel Pellegrini and
Garry Monk.
In all competitions, Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has
scored in four of his last five games against Manchester United, scoring the
winner earlier this season at Old Trafford. The last Gunners player to score
home and away in a league season against Man Utd was Mesut Özil in 2015-16,
while the only player to score the winning goal in both top-flight matches for
Arsenal vs Man Utd in a season was Jimmy Brain in 1925-26.
Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka has been involved in seven Premier
League goals this season (5 goals, 2 assists), more than any other teenager
this term. The last teenager to be involved in more goals in a league campaign
for Arsenal was Cesc Fàbregas in 2006-07 (2 goals, 11 assists).
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