Roooney on fire ?!
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It looks like the Chelsea/Arsenal game will also be broadcast next week. If you guys are going to be around, maybe we can do that one?
Some pre-match facts:
Head-to-head
This will be the 42nd time Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have faced each other. Ferguson has won 16 times to Wenger's 14, with 11 draws (two of which were then settled by penalties).
Manchester United are unbeaten in their last four matches against Arsenal in all competitions, winning three. But they have not won in their last four league visits to Arsenal, including all three matches at the Emirates Stadium. Their only away victory in the last nine was 4-2 at Highbury in February 2005.
United did, though, beat Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates in their Champions League semi-final meeting in May.
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Arsenal
The Gunners are the division's form team, earning 24 points from 10 unbeaten league games since a 3-0 home defeat to Chelsea in November.
They are the Premier League's leading scorers with 59 goals in 23 matches. The midweek goalless draw at Villa was their first of the season.
Arsene Wenger needs one win to register 300 as a Premier League manager. He will become the second manager to reach this milestone after Sir Alex Ferguson (438). Wenger has only lost 80 of his 509 league matches in charge of Arsenal.
Cesc Fabregas has scored five goals in his last five league matches.
Manchester United
United have taken 13 points from their last five games, with Wayne Rooney scoring seven goals in those matches.
They have not won any of their last six away league matches at Big Four opposition, losing five times.
Dimitar Berbatov celebrated his 29th birthday the day before this match. Darren Fletcher turns 26 on Monday.
Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes have each scored 99 Premier League goals. Only 17 players have scored 100 goals or more in Premier League history.