Manchester United vs Arsenal - All you need to know

It's Manchester United vs Arsenal  and like you all know, Arsene Wenger will manage what is likely to be his last game against Manchester United as Arsenal manager when he leads his lads out at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.

The Frenchman who will make his final trip to Old Trafford as Gunners boss will be keen to claim the victory against his old nemesis, Jose Mourinho who however will also be looking for United to snatch the three points as they look to secure second-place in the table.

United turned in perhaps their best performance of the 2017-18 season last week to overcome Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley where they booked a clash with Chelsea in the FA Cup final come May 19.

Meanwhile, Arsenal who are set to play Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final will look to rest some key players after they were held by the Spanish side 1-1 at the Emirate on Thursday last week

- All you need to know 
-Manchester United are unbeaten in 10 home league matches against Arsenal (W7 D3), their longest run since March 1961 (17 games).

-In all competitions, Arsenal have lost 13 of their last 18 away visits to Old Trafford (W2 D3), although only one of those defeats has been in the last four visits (W1 D2).

-The Red Devils haven’t completed a league double over the Gunners since the 2011-12 campaign – the last Man Utd manager other than Sir Alex Ferguson to achieve this was Ron Atkinson in the 1984-85 campaign.

-The Gunners haven’t beaten Man Utd in a match in the month of April since 1978, a 3-1 win in a league match. Since then, Arsenal have failed to beat their rivals in four FA Cup matches, five league matches and one Champions League match (D4 L6).

-This will be the 19th meeting between Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger in all competitions - Mourinho didn’t lose any of the first 13 (W6 D7) but has lost two of the last five (W2 D1). However, he’s never lost at home against Wenger in seven matches (W4 D3).

-67% of the Red Devils’ Premier League defeats this season have been in matches played on a Sunday (4/6), including both of their losses at Old Trafford (vs Man City and West Brom).

-The Gunners have already lost nine Premier League away games this season – they last reached double figures for away defeats in a 38-game season back in 1989-90 (10).

-Indeed, Arsenal have lost their last five on the road in the Premier League – they’ve not lost six in a row in the top-flight since a run of seven in January 1966.

-After drawing their last three Premier League games in 2017, none of Man Utd’s 13 in 2018 have finished level (W10 L3), winning six of the last seven.

-This will be Arsene Wenger’s last visit to Old Trafford as Arsenal manager – he lost his first ever match with the Gunners at the ground (0-1 in November 1996) while it was also the venue of his joint-heaviest league defeat at Arsenal (2-8 in August 2011).

-Alexis Sanchez could become the first player to score both for and against the same team in the same Premier League season since Wilfried Bony in 2014-15 (who scored for and against both Swansea and Man City).

-Danny Welbeck has scored on both of his visits to Old Trafford for Arsenal in all competitions – no Arsenal player has scored away at Man Utd more under Arsene Wenger (Emmanuel Adebayor and Sylvain Wiltord also two).

-After a run of just one goal in 11 Premier League games, Alexandre Lacazette has now scored four in his last four, including a brace last time out vs West Ham.

Head-to-head league record
-Man United wins 23
-Draws 15
-Arsenal wins 13

Recent league form (latest result first)
-Man United WLWWW
-Arsenal WLWWW

Our prediction: Manchester United 2 vs 1 Arsenal 

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