Manchester United is at the top of the table for the first time in almost 800 days. Arsenal lost its second UCL game midweek against Olympiakos.

Fans at Emirates Stadium have to be pretty angry about how things are going this season for their team. They just can't seem to find a break and losing against Olympiakos halfway through the week in the Champions League does not have them nor Arsenal's fans too thrilled before they host Manchester United. 

While most of the goal-scoring hopes of the Gunners were focused on Alexis Sanchez, this season has not been his season so far and both Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla have created more scoring chances (29, 28), than the Copa America champion. This season, Olivier Giroud and Sanchez have both scored three goals out of the ten that the team has netted this season. 

Despite their irregularity, Arsenal is still in fourth place in the Champions League. Four wins so far this season have been shadowed by the two losses and one draw that are included in their record. That gives them a total of 13 points and only three behind Manchester United. 

This is always a game that is too close to call. In 180 matches between the two sides, Manchester United holds a slight lead with 77 wins and Arsenal has 61, the rest of the games ended in a draw. 

The story of the week for Arsene Wenger is trying to decide who will be the starting goalkeeper. David Ospina has not proved to be a great solution for Petr Cech's lack of fitness. The Gunner manager does not blame any of his keepers for the lack of good results. Arsenal has received seven goals so far this season.

After seven games, the Red Devils have a reason to believe that despite all the controversy around Louis van Gaal as a manager, it was the right call to bring the Dutch manager in. The team knows that they are not clear of danger, as even Arsenal is within striking distance so early in the season.

770 days had to go by for Man United to return to the top of the EPL. The team has had a rough time since then, missing the opportunity to play in Champions League and observing from behind, how Chelsea dominated the competition for a long time.

Anthony Martial has proven to be one of the best-underrated signings of the summer. The French striker and Juan Mata have contributed with three goals each. They both have been better than Kevin de Bruyne who came from PSV as the team's next big deal. With only two goals in the season, he is not far behind. 

September 20 was date of the last loss suffered by Manchester United and it came to the expense of Southampton 2-3. Since then, the team has collected three straight wins including their positive result against Wolfsburg 2-1 in the Champions League. 

Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw and Marcos Rojo are in the injured list for Manchester United. Arsenal has a total of six injured players including Flamini and Arteta. This game at Emirates Stadium in London will be very important for both sides on their mentality moving forward.

Arsenal vs Man United team sheets

Arsenal lineup: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez, Walcott

Arsenal bench: Ospina, Debuchy, Chambers, Gibbs, Chamberlain, Campbell, Giroud

Man United lineup: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Blind, Darmian, Carrick, Schweinsteiger, Mata, Rooney, Memphis, Martial

Man United bench: Romero, Jones, McNair, Schneiderlin, Valencia, Fellaini, Wilson 

 

Match details, result and original broadcast info

Arsenal 3 - 0 Manchester United

October 4, 2015 11:00amEmirates Stadium (London)

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