Head-to-head

The 82 most recent league and cup encounters had featured one or both of Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger.

This will be the first meeting in which neither of the long-serving managers is involved since 23 August 1986, when the Gunners won 1-0 in a league game at Highbury.

Manchester United are unbeaten in 11 home league matches against Arsenal since September 2006 (W8, D3).
However, the Gunners did win at Old Trafford in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in March 2015.




Manchester United

United have conceded 23 goals in their opening 14 Premier League games - only the bottom five (prior to the latest round of matches) have a worse record.

Last season it took the Red Devils until 10 March - and 30 matches - until they conceded 23 league goals.

They have conceded six goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches this season, a joint-league high with Fulham.

Jose Mourinho's side are winless in three league games for the first time in 12 months.

Their only home league defeat this term was the 3-0 loss to Tottenham on 27 August.


Arsenal

A win would give the Gunners 16 away points - as many as they claimed in total on the road last season (W4, D4, L11).
They have already equalled last term's total of four away victories in the top flight.
Sunday's triumph against Tottenham was only Arsenal's fourth win in their last 29 league games against other sides from the established top six (D10, L15).

The Gunners are unbeaten in their last 12 league games (W9, D3), and 19 matches in all competitions (W15, D4).

They are one of four teams to have kept just two Premier League clean sheets this season (along with Manchester United) - only Fulham, with none, have worse record.

They have scored 24 second-half goals in the Premier League this season, more than any other side.

Arsenal have lost their last three midweek league games, conceding three goals in each defeat.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored with his last 10 shots on target in the Premier League - no goalkeeper has saved against him since West Ham's Lukasz Fabianski in August.

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