Week 34 brings us a match on Apr 23rd, where Arsenal will host Manchester United in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Arsenal sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Southampton. Jan Bednarek scored the first goal for Southampton in the 44th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Arsenal was frustrated by Southampton’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Southampton ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Arsenal should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 6th placed Manchester United is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Liverpool. Luis Díaz scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 5th minute, then Mohamed Salah added another in the 22nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Manchester United couldn’t manage to score, and Liverpool took the shutout win. Manchester United is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Thursday Dec 2nd, Manchester United was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Emile Smith Rowe scored the first goal for Arsenal in the 13th minute, then Bruno Fernandes got the equalizer for Manchester United in the 44th minute on a feed from Fred Finally they completed the comback victory in the 70th minute on a penalty goal by Cristiano Ronaldo to cap off a wild match.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been the most prolific scorer on Manchester United in his last five matches with three goals. Arsenal hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Bukayo Saka and Martin Ødegaard, and they each have 1 goal
Mikel Arteta Amatriain’s Arsenal squad will be without Alexandre Lacazette, Nicolas Pépé and Kieran Tierney, while Paul Pogba, Mason Greenwood, Edinson Cavani, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay and Fred are unavailable to play for Ralf Rangnick’s team.