Arsenal will assess the fitness of Gabriel, Mikel Merino, Thomas Partey and Ricardo Calafiori but all four “want to play”, according to manager Mikel Arteta.
Takehiro Tomiyasu remains out.
Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes is available after he was taken off as a precaution during the 4-0 win against Everton on Sunday.
Lisandro Martinez and Kobbie Mainoo are suspended as a result of accumulating five bookings for the season.
Leny Yoro could be involved in a Premier League matchday squad for the first time after recovering from a broken metatarsal.
Match facts
Head-to-head
- Arsenal can win four successive league games against Manchester United for the first time.
- United have lost seven of their past nine Premier League away games against Arsenal.
- Their four most recent competitive wins in this fixture were under different managers: Jose Mourinho (April 2018), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (January 2019), Michael Carrick (December 2021) and Erik ten Hag (September 2022).
Arsenal
- This will be their 500th match in all competitions at the Emirates Stadium.
- Arsenal can win three successive league matches for the first time this season.
- They are unbeaten in 15 Premier League fixtures versus other established top-six opposition since a 4-1 defeat at Manchester City in April last year.
- The Gunners have scored eight of their past 11 Premier League goals before half-time, including all five goals against West Ham last Saturday.
- Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has won six of his nine Premier League games against Manchester United, with his first victory for the Gunners coming in this fixture in January 2020.
- Among managers to face the Red Devils at least five times in the Premier League, Arteta has the highest win rate of 67%.
- Bukayo Saka has scored three Premier League goals and set up two against United. Only Thierry Henry, with 12, has more goal involvements in this fixture for the Gunners.
- Saka and Kai Havertz are Arsenal’s joint-leading Premier League goalscorers this campaign with five goals apiece. Eight of those 10 goals were netted at the Emirates Stadium.
- Since the start of last season, Arsenal’s 20 goals from corners and Gabriel’s five from corners are the most by a team and a single player in the Premier League.
Manchester United
- Manchester United can earn back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time this season.
- United have won six of their past seven midweek league matches, which have produced 38 goals in total.
- They have won just two of their last 18 Premier League games in London. Both victories were at Fulham courtesy of goals in stoppage time.
- Excluding the own goal by Leicester’s Victor Kristiansen, United’s last seven Premier League goals were assisted by either Amad Diallo, with four, or Bruno Fernandes, with three.
- Marcus Rashford has scored three goals in two league appearances under Ruben Amorim, following one in the previous 11 this season.
Predicted Arsenal XI (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli
Predicted Manchester United XI: Onana; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Maguire; Amad, Ugarte, Casemiro, Dalot; Fernandes, Rashford; Zirkzee
