Manchester United Vs Arsenal LIVE Football Score 23 Apl 2022
MATCH INFO
ABOUT THE MATCH
Arsenal is going head to head with Manchester United starting on 23 Apr 2022 at 11:30 UTC at Emirates Stadium stadium, London city, England. The match is a part of the Premier League.
In a behemoth of a match that could potentially make or break both sides’ top-four chances, Arsenal and Manchester United renew hostilities on Saturday lunchtime in the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners reignited their Champions League bid with an enthralling 4-2 success at Chelsea in midweek, while Ralf Rangnick‘s side capitulated in a 4-0 defeat to Liverpool.
It took Eddie Nketiah all of 50 minutes on Wednesday night to equal Alexandre Lacazette‘s Premier League open play goal tally for the entire season, as the 22-year-old led the Arsenal charge in a phenomenal spectacle at Stamford Bridge to end their three-game losing run.
Handed another opportunity to impress from the off after Lacazette’s COVID-19 recovery, Nketiah took advantage of Chelsea’s defensive lapses to register his first Premier League brace alongside strikes from fellow Hale End graduates Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka – the latter banishing his Euro 2020 penalty woes with a confidently-taken spot kick right at the death.
Finally rediscovering their magic touch against a Chelsea side who were all over the shop defensively means that fourth spot is still technically in Arsenal’s hands, with Mikel Arteta‘s side only behind Tottenham Hotspur on goal difference ahead of what will seemingly be a pivotal North London derby on May 12.
A spate of devastating injuries and failure to bolster the attacking ranks in January seemed like it was going to prove costly for the Gunners after losses to Crystal Palace, Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion, but Arteta’s side produced in the big game on Wednesday and will see no reason why they cannot boost their top-four hopes at the expense of United’s this weekend.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last three Premier League home games against Manchester United, winning two and drawing one.
- The Gunners could keep clean sheets in four consecutive home league meetings for the first time.
- Manchester United’s 3-2 victory in December ended a six-game winless run against the Gunners in the Premier League. They can complete their first league double over Arsenal since 2018.
Arsenal
- Arsenal have already equalled their total number of 18 Premier League victories from last season.
- They have recorded 32 points at the Emirates Stadium. Only Liverpool (42) and Manchester City (38) have won more at home.
- However, Arsenal have lost three of their seven home league fixtures in 2022. They lost four in total in in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
- Arsenal have let in 39 top-flight goals this season, already equalling their total conceded in 2020-21.
- The Gunners could lose league matches on three consecutive Saturdays for the first time since 1992.
Manchester United
- Manchester United lost four of their last seven matches in all competitions.
- However, they have triumphed in all five Premier League fixtures this season against their closest rivals for fourth place – Arsenal, Tottenham and West Ham United.
- The Red Devils could lose four successive top-flight away games for the first time since a run of six defeats from December 1980 to March 1981, which included a 2-1 loss versus Arsenal.
- They can equal the club Premier League record of failing to score in three successive away fixtures, set from March to April 2005.
- United have conceded 48 Premier League goals this campaign, their second-highest tally after the 54 they let in across the entirety of 2018-19.
- They are unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League games in London (W8, D5), since a 2-0 loss at Arsenal in January 2020.
- Since Cristiano Ronaldo re-joined the club, United have won only one of the seven matches in all competitions without him (D3, L3).
- Ronaldo is one short of becoming the fourth player to score 100 Premier League goals for the club, after Wayne Rooney (183), Ryan Giggs (109) and Paul Scholes (107).
- This match is 18 years and 173 days since Ronaldo scored his first Premier League goal against Portsmouth on 1 November 2003. The longest gap between a player’s first and 100th goal in the competition is 17 years and 91 days by Giggs.
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