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Confirmed Arsenal team to face Man Utd – Gabriel and Calafiori out

Arsenal welcome Manchester United to the Emirates Stadium tonight and this is the team that Mikel Arteta has selected.

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The Gunners, currently second in the table with 25 points, are looking to maintain their impressive form and close the gap on league leaders Liverpool. Arteta’s side have been in scintillating form since the November international break, winning their last three matches by a combined score of 13-3. Their most recent outing saw them dismantle West Ham United 5-2 at the London Stadium, showcasing their attacking prowess and title credentials.

The Gunners’ home form has been particularly strong this season, remaining unbeaten in their six Premier League matches at the Emirates. They’ll be eager to extend their nine-match home unbeaten streak in the league, which dates back to April.

Manchester United, under new manager Ruben Amorim, arrive in North London on the back of a convincing 4-0 victory over Everton. The Red Devils have shown signs of improvement since Amorim’s appointment.

However, United’s away form has been a concern, with just one win on the road this season. They’ll be looking to end a four-match away winless streak and upset the odds at the Emirates.

Recent history favours the home side, with Arsenal winning the last three Premier League encounters between the teams. The Gunners will be confident of extending this run and cementing their position as title contenders, while United will hope to spring a surprise and continue their resurgence under Amorim.

Let us know in the comments below what you think about the team that Arteta has selected and what your final predicted score is.

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    1. My worry is Kiwior and Zichenko, they seem to have errors in them defensively. Kiwior though tall lacks some level of physicality hope he connects well with Saliba.. My optimism is in the fact that we are playing at home. Worst senario is a draw which wouldn’t be good for our ambition.

  4. The only fear I have comes in the shape of Zinchenko at that left back.
    I don’t want to imagine Zinchenko against Amad Dialo.

    I hope my fear is quashed though.

  7. I might prefer partey at RB and timber lb, but it’s hard to tell. Real shame we’re missing white, calafiori and Gabriel.

  8. The only genuine left back we’ve got is sitting on the bench.

    Seeing Zinchenko in the line up, I fear for us down the left side up against a certain Amad Dialo.

    I’m not overjoyed to see Kiwior in the line up either.

    Prove me wrong boys.

  9. I think utd are planning to hit us with Dialo and rashford later in the game. I could see that being a problem

  13. looking at this line up and the story about Hato recruitment makes more sense, we are still short on quality in defensive cover, Kiwior, and especially Zinc, worry me and clearly left side of defence weak point in our XI that I would target if i were Man U

    1. Yes Zinny may be poor defensively but he will inject a lot of creativity on the left. Kiwior was also a regular in the last season team that was smashing goals past everyone so let’s not panic.

      1. If Kiwior picks form in this game then Zinny would be my only worry. But our front line could safe us this game. I also like Matinelli coming back his defensive support on the left when we are without the ball is very good.
        Thieney should have slotted perfectly in LB but I think he isn’t in form or fit enough.

    2. No, it doesnt make sense and it’s why we aren’t winning titles. because we keep focusing on Artetas obsession with defenders. Reasonably, how is an 18 year old going to be better than Zinchenko as a backup? Most teams would kill to have Zinny as an option they could use in the team. It’s just Arsenal fans that dont appreciate him. There is nothing wrong with Kiwior either. He is backup. You can’t have elite players in your XI and on your bench. It just doesn’t work like that. We bought Calafiori to solve this problem so thats settled. Calafiori/Zinny/Tomi/Kiwior/Timber thats FIVE LB options. If Arteta can’t find a solution with the abundance of players he has there then Mikel and the recruitment are the issue.

  15. Not ideal with the injuries but we are still the better team. As long as we play positive football and don’t park the bus we should win.

  16. We are playing too cautiously at the moment
    If this continues then soon we will have to start taking risk

    1. Can’t risk getting hit early on the counter vs this team. Man u may have been bang average for years but they are a deadly counter attacking team.

      1. isn’t this why where we haven’t been good this season tho? We sacrifice our attacking intent to make sure we dont concede to the opponent. Very fear-based and we’ve gotten walloped enough this season trying this approach.

      2. We are playing at home
        And we should have that bite and aggregation going forward especially when you consider yourself as title contenders than just top 4 member

        1. I am with u on this, wanna see us putting them under pressure dominate them. Just assuming the logic of arteta here.

    1. We should be running rings around this united team. Way too slow and casual in the build up. Playing with the brakes on tbh..

  22. Looks like Amorim has mastered the handling of our team. Exactly the same tactics he used against Arsenal when he coached Sporting
    As it’s going, if United score first, that could be it

  34. Tough game but we got the result! Zinny and Kiwior were almost perfect. Zinny only beaten once by Amad.

    1. Kiwior did basically gift the ball to a UTD player in our box whilst trying to clear, which UTD should have scored off IMO.

      Besides that, pretty solid.

      Coyg!

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