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Titolo: Manchester United - Arsenal (numeri pre partita)

CURRENT LEAGUE POSITIONS
MANCHESTER UNITED:
2nd 76 points
Best poss: 1st
Worst poss: 3rd 
ARSENAL:
TOP 81 points
Best poss: CHAMPIONS
Worst
poss: TOP
 
SEQUENCES / RECENT FORM
MANCHESTER UNITED:
WON LAST 4
PREMIERSHIP MATCHES
8 UNDEFEATED - 4 Prem, 4 CL [6 wins, 2 draws]
The
Premiership's most winning team jointly with Arsenal - 24 victories from 36
matches
Top division's most attacking team: 87 goals from 36 starts
ARSENAL:
WON LAST 9 IN ALL COMPETITIONS
WON LAST 11 PREMIERSHIP
MATCHES
AIMING FOR AN EIGHTH SUCCESSIVE AWAY LEAGUE WIN
19 UNBEATEN
IN THE PREMIERSHIP [16 wins, 3 draws]
HOLDS AN UNBEATEN AWAY LEAGUE
RECORD THIS SEASON
The Premiership's most winning team jointly with Man
U - 24 victories from 36 matches
Lost fewest Premier League games this
season: 3 of 36
NOT CONCEDED IN LAST 3 PREM GAMES 
SCORED IN EVERY
LEAGUE GAME THIS SEASON
SCORED IN EACH OF THE LAST 37 PREM GAMES (1 from
last season) 
 
POTENTIAL CAREER MILESTONES
MANCHESTER UNITED:
Ryan
GIGGS needs one strike to record 100 career goals - all for United
Dwight YORKE is a brace away from 50 League goals for Man U
If he plays,
Ronny JOHNSEN will be making his 100th League appearance
ARSENAL:
Tony
ADAMS is one strike away from 50 career goals
If he's named in the 11,
it'll be the 350th start in an English club game for Sol CAMPBELL
NOTES
 
A point for Arsenal will land them their second Premiership
title, and second League and FA Cup double in four years, the third such
double in their history and 12th English League Championship.  
Should
Arsenal lose here, they would then need a victory in their final game at
home to Everton to be sure of lifting the trophy, although if United fail
to win at Charlton, the Gunners have enough points already.  
Only maximum
points from their last two games will give United any chance becoming the
first club to win the English League Championship four seasons in a row,
and of avoiding a first season in four years without silverware, following
their semi-final exit from the Champions League. 
In winning 2-0 at Bolton
on Monday, Arsenal set a new club record of 11 successive Premiership
victories, extended their record unbeaten League run to 19 games and
increased the club record of scoring in successive Premiership matches to
an incredible 37 games. 
If the Gunners avoid defeat here, they will
become the first side since Preston 114 years ago to go an entire season
unbeaten away from home 
There's plenty for both sides to avenge here. A
Sylvain Wiltord hat trick (one from the spot) and a Nwankwo Kanu penalty
did the damage as Arsenal knocked out United from the Worthington Cup, 4-0
in the Third Round on 5 November.  
Two catastrophic mistakes by United
keeper Fabian Barthez handed the reverse fixture in November to Arsenal.
Paul Scholes had opened the scoring, but Freddie Ljungberg got one back and
Thierry Henry stole in with two in the last ten minutes for a 3-1 success.
Arsenal were red faced on their last League visit to Old Trafford, being
thoroughly outplayed in a 6-1 defeat. Dwight Yorke got three. Roy Keane,
Ole Gunnar Scholes and Teddy Sheringham also weighed in, while Thierry
Henry provided the only reply. 
If the Gunners win they will complete
their seventh 'double' of the season, after home and away Premiership
victories over Middlesbrough, Leicester, Fulham, Derby, Aston Villa and
Ipswich. United have only been 'doubled' by Liverpool so far. 
NEXT
MATCHES:-
MANCHESTER UNITED:
Sat 11 May - Charlton A (H)
ARSENAL:
Sat
11 May - Everton (H)
 
The scheduled referee for this match is Paul
Durkin. He was the man in the middle for Arsenal's 2-1 win at Liverpool in
the Premiership on 23 December when he sent off Gunners midfielder Giovanni
van Bronckhorst. 
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HEAD TO HEAD  
                  Total Meetings Man U Wins ArsnlWins
Draws 
All Comps* 183                   74             71              38
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