Arsenal vs Manchester United Preview

May 6, 2017
By: Deke Hardman

Sunday afternoon’s Premier League action concludes at the Emirates Stadium where Arsenal face Manchester United, with both sides still well in the hunt for a top four finish.

Arsene Wenger’s side begin the day in sixth place, nine points behind Liverpool in fourth and that gap could be even bigger come kick-off with the Merseyside outfit hosting Southampton in Sunday’s early game, though they do have two games in hand.

The North Londoners go in to the game on the back of last weekend’s 2-0 defeat to rivals Tottenham Hotspur – their ninth loss of this league campaign while they have already been beaten as many times in 2017 as they did in the whole of last year.

Granit Xhaka is a doubt with a calf injury though David Ospina and Shkodran Mustafi are both back in training and in contention.

Olivier Giroud can be backed at 5.5 (9/2) to open the scoring with a number of bookmakers, with Alexis Sanchez the same price with Paddy Power.

The home win is priced at 1.95 (19/20) with most firms, with the visitors a 4.3 (33/10) shot with Bet Victor. The draw is available at 3.7 (27/10) with several companies.

Jose Mourinho’s men, who won the first leg of their Europa League semi-final tie with Celta Vigo on Thursday evening, begin the day one place and five points ahead of their opponents but have played one game more.

They extended their unbeaten league run to twenty-five games last weekend, but had to settle for a point against relegation threatened Swansea City after Gylfi Sigurdsson netted a late equaliser at Old Trafford.

Ashley Young joined the Red Devils’ extensive list of injured players after picking up a muscle problem midweek, while Marouane Fellaini is suspended.

Marcus Rashford is 8.5 (15/2) to get the first goal of the game, ahead of captain Wayne Rooney who can be backed at 9.5 (17/2).

Both teams have scored in all but three of the last thirteen meetings between these two sides, and you can back that outcome this time around at 1.75 (3/4) with Bet 365.

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