Arsenal vs Manchester United: 3 Crucial factors to watch out for

Modified Mar 08, 2019 19:13 GMT

#3 Arsenal would rely on Lacazette and Aubemyang to score

Arsenal coach Unai Emery would want his team to go for 3 points in their home ground. Their home form has been pretty good this season, and they would try to continue the good run against United too.

Arsenal should play Aaron Ramsey, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubemeyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan as their attacking players, and each one of them is fast enough to trouble the United defence. However, United should continue their strategy of defending deep with players like Victor Lindelof and McTominay in good form.

Aubemeyang, who missed a penalty against Tottenham, might again look to make those darting, diagonal runs to the final third, and thereby create scoring opportunities. He has scored 19 goals in 35 matches so far in the ongoing season, and might look forward to increasing his tally in Sunday’s match. United defenders should have an eye on him, and also be on alert against Lacazette’s opportunism inside the penalty box.

Lacazette has scored 14 goals in 35 matches this season, and would be the man to watch out for against United. However, it would be interesting to see whether Emery introduces Mesut Ozil in the second half of the match, just like he did against Tottenham. Ozil's experience and creativity could prove to be useful in such an important match.

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