Manchester United vs Arsenal
English Premier League week 7 will close with a super big match between Manchester United against Arsenal, where this match will be held at Old Trafford. This duel is clearly very interesting because both teams carry big names but now like losing a spur, Manchester United’s standings are 11th with 8 points while Arsenal are 8th with 11 points.
Of the 6 matches that have been played Manchester United only managed to win 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. The Red Devils started the season convincingly because they were able to beat rivals The Blues Chelsea 4-0 but the results were like just a gimmick then another victory that is on the last 2 match days beat Leicester City 1-0. Whereas last week Solskjaer’s team fell 2-0 against West Ham United.
Not only fallen but also Manchester United’s disappointing performance was seen in the League Cup yesterday where they won through a penalty drama, even though their opposing team Rochdale AFC was far below the quality but could draw 1-1. Not stopping in poor performance, but also Manchester United at this time in a crisis of players unmitigated as many as 9 players confirmed absent because of injury in this match including 3 stars M. Rashford, Paul Pogba and Martial.
Turning to the Gunners guest team which reportedly as many as 4 players absent namely K. Mavropanos, E. Smith Rowe, A. Lacazette because of injury and 1 other player A. Maitland-Niles because of a red card. So far, Arsenal have only fallen once, namely when they travel to the headquarters of Liverpool, then 5 matches won 2 draws and 3 wins.
The bad news for Manchester United is that the visitors are starting to show signs of rising from adversity, Arsenal have won in a row in the last 3 matches. Beginning defeating Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 in the first week of the Europa League and continuing 3-2 win over Aston Villa FC and finally defeating Nottingham Forest 5 goals without reply in the League Cup. Unlike Manchester United, Unay Emery’s team is fantastic at scoring goals. Seeing this even at home, but Arsenal is more convincing to bring home full points.
Our Prediction: Over 2.5
Odds: 1.70