The best has been saved for last in the Premier League this weekend with the latest round of matches concluding in the Monday Night Football at Old Trafford where Manchester United will take on Arsenal in a defining match.
These are two sides whose former glories are recent enough for supporters to expect them to get back to that level but who in truth are nowhere near that standard. Despite that there is still an air of anticipation around this game.
Manchester United
There has been a lot of doom and gloom around Manchester United and their start to the season and one of the reasons for that is what I mentioned above about them being judged on that golden era. That is inevitable but this is a side who have beaten Chelsea and Leicester City at home this season and missed penalties denied them better results in two more matches so I’m not convinced that things are as bad as they are made out.
The big issue for Manchester United is a lack of goals. They scored four on the opening day but they have only found four in their five matches since then. There was a lot of focus ahead of the campaign that they needed to improve defensively but that looks to have come at the detriment to their attacking play which is less than ideal. A big performance here would ease some of the gloom over Old Trafford.
Arsenal
I would say that Arsenal have been through the down period and the high expectations in the final stages of the Arsene Wenger reign but despite that, when Unai Emery was appointed many were expecting the Gunners to get back to somewhere near they were. That hasn’t happened though and actually the same issues that dogged them towards the end of the Wenger era still haven’t been sorted. You could argue that they are worse defensively which took some doing.
Arsenal are exciting going forwards these days but if they are going to get back to the level they were their defence needed significant work. They might be able to outscore sides at home where a few teams lack the belief to go after them but that won’t be the case too often on the road and their away form has been poor ever since Emery took over. This is a chance to show that they can deliver in big matches away from home.
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Team News
Manchester United will be without Marcus Rashford while Anthony Martial is a doubt so they could be relying on Mason Greenwood through the middle. There are rumours that Aaron Wan-Bissaka is not going to be fit too.
Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette is going to miss this match with an ankle injury but the Gunners could call on Dinos Mavropanos after he has recovered from injury. All eyes will be on new Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka to see how he leads the side.
Betting
Initially given their home form, and how bad Arsenal can be on the road, I liked the look of Manchester United but a couple of their injuries has swayed my optimism I have to admit and so now I’m going to switch my attention to goals. This is a fixture which has contained a few goals down the years and with Arsenal’s defence still wide open and there for the taking, I’d be surprised if this isn’t relatively high scoring.
The goal line here is 2.75 which looks more than fair given the quality in the Arsenal attack and the likelihood for them to concede at the same time. Although United are missing their regular centre-forward they have enough in their attacking midfield options to pierce this defence. I’ll take the over here given the likelihood for goals.
Tips
Back Over 2.75 goals for a 4/10 stake at 1.91 with BetVictor
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