Manchester United vs Arsenal Matchday Stats Preview

Manchester United vs Arsenal Matchday Stats Preview 

Manchester United have lost their last four Premier League games against Arsenal, their longest losing run against the Gunners in their league history.

Arsenal won this exact fixture 1-0 last season – they haven’t won consecutive away league games against Manchester United since February 1979.

Arsenal have scored in each of their last 10 Premier League away games against Manchester United (13 goals), having only managed to score in 10 of their first 22 visits to Old Trafford in the competition (11 goals).

Manchester United have won 99 of their meetings with Arsenal in all competitions (D54 L90) – it’s the Gunners’ most defeats against an opponent, while the Red Devils have only beaten Aston Villa more (106).

Manchester United came from behind to beat Ipswich 3-2 last time out. They’re yet to win consecutive league games this season, with this their longest wait for back-to-back league victories since 1968-69 (games 32 and 33).

Arsenal have failed to score in their last two Premier League games, amassing just three shots on target across these games. The Gunners last failed to score in three consecutive league games in August 2021, while they last did so while in the top two of the table for each match in November 2000.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has won seven of his 10 Premier League games against Manchester United (D1 L2), with his first ever victory for the Gunners coming against them (2-0 in January 2020). Of all managers to face the Red Devils at least five times in the competition, Arteta has the highest win rate (70%).

This will be Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta’s 200th Premier League game in charge. He’s won 118 of his first 199, already the fifth-most victories of any manager in their first 200 in the competition (Pep Guardiola 146, José Mourinho 137, Jürgen Klopp 127, Alex Ferguson 122).

Since the weekend of Ruben Amorim’s first game in charge of Manchester United after the November international break, only Leicester City (13) have conceded the opening goal in more different Premier League games than the Red Devils (12).

Leandro Trossard scored Arsenal’s winner against Man Utd in this exact fixture last season – the only Gunners players to score a Premier League goal at Old Trafford in consecutive campaigns are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (2019-20, 2020-21) and Emmanuel Adebayor (2006-07, 2007-08).