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Arsenal welcome Manchester United to the Emirates Stadium for Sunday’s FA Cup third round tie between the competition’s two most successful outfits.
Record 14 time winners Arsenal Finally lifted the FA Cup during Mikel Arteta’s first season at the helm but have since struggled to progress in the competition. They have not reached the fifth round in any of the previous four campaigns.
United, meanwhile, won their 13th FA Cup against the odds last season, beating best neighbors Manchester City in the final. That success, however, only delayed Erik ten Hague’s sacking and ensured his 2024/25 campaign got off to a poor start.
Successor Ruben Amorim has quickly scaled the task at his disposal and United go into Sunday’s game without a win in five games. However, there were signs of a huge improvement last weekend during the 2-2 draw at Liverpool as narratives surrounding potential relegation began to surface.
Arsenal lost their first leg heading into this cup tie Newcastle 2-0 in Carabao Cup semi-final.
Here it is 90 minutes Guide to Sunday The FA Cup Third round tie.
Arsenal vs Man Utd H2H Results (Last Five Games)
Current Form (All Competitions)
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Arsenal |
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Arsenal 0-2 Newcastle – 07/01/25 |
Liverpool 2-2 Man Utd – 05/01/25 |
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Brighton 1-1 Arsenal – 04/01/25 |
Man Utd 0-2 Newcastle – 30/12/24 |
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Brentford 1-3 Arsenal – 01/01/25 |
Wolves 2-0 Man Utd – 26/12/24 |
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Arsenal 1-0 Ipswich – 27/12/24 |
Man Utd 0-3 Bournemouth – 22/12/24 |
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Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal – 21/12/24 |
Tottenham 4-3 Man Utd – 19/12/24 |
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the country |
TV Channel/Live Stream |
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United Kingdom |
BBC iPlayer, BBC One |
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United States |
ESPN+, ESPN app |
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Canada |
Sportsnet World Now, Sportsnet Now, Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet West, Sportsnet World, Sportsnet Now Plus |
Arteta came on strong in midweek, and is bound to get some rotation with the North London derby coming up.
We should see come the summer that Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Marino come into the XI after failing to feature against Newcastle. Jacob Kivier should also get permission to give Gabriel some relief.
Neto is in line to make his first start for the club since his loan arrival, while Raheem Sterling is back in contention after recovering from a knee injury.
Bukayo Saka, Ethan Nwaneri, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ben White are injured.
Arsenal Predicted Lineup vs Man Utd (4-3-3): grandson; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Calafiori; Jorginho, Marino, Odegaard; Sterling, Jesus, Martinelli.
United will benefit from spending all week with Amorim on the training pitch, and the manager has an almost fully fit squad to choose from on Sunday.
Marcus Rashford has been sidelined and is looking for a way out this summer. He will not play after starting at the Emirates in December.
United are also without Mason Mount, Luke Shaw and Victor Lindelof through injury.
There shouldn’t be too many changes from the team that performed so impressively at Anfield last weekend, which the Red Devils enjoyed with a week off. Lenny Yoro and Alejandro Garnacho are strong contenders to return to Amorim’s XI.
Man Utd predicted lineup against Arsenal (3-4-2-1): Onana; Yoro, Maguire, Martinez; Amad, Ugarte, Maino, Dalot; Fernandes, Garnacho; Circus.
Both managers will be thrilled that replays have been called off as this could have gone the distance.
Arsenal are struggling in life without Bukayo Saka, and they will once again look to constant pressure and set-pieces as the primary avenues of success against the Red Devils. United, however, should offer much more than what they did in north London at the start of December.
Amorim’s work on the training field proved key to their improvement last weekend and with the week off they will enter this cup tie fresh. We should not expect thrills and spills, but instead a chess match between two managers – which could lead to a penalty shootout.
