Arsenal vs Manchester United
FA Cup fourth round
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Date: Friday 25 January, 2019
Kick-off: 7:55pm GMT
Arsenal will look to become the first team to beat Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium this evening.
United have won seven games out of seven since their former striker came into replace Jose Mourinho in December, including their last visit to north London when they beat Tottenham nine days ago.
That run has seen the Manchester club move level on points with Arsenal in the Premier League and back within reach of the Top Four.
But focus now shifts to the FA Cup with the Gunners, the competition's most successful side, looking to ensure a brutal end to the Solskjaer honeymoon period.
Arsenal vs Man Utd team news and starting line-ups
Mesut Ozil misses out again for Arsenal, having to settle for a spot among the subs.
Ozil has started just 13 games in all competitions this season with Unai Emery dropping the German for games he considers to be too physical for the playmaker.
Arsenal XI: Cech, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Koscielny, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Iwobi, Ramsey, Aubameyang, Lacazette
Subs: Leno, Mustafi, Monreal, Lichtsteiner, Elneny, Guendouzi, Ozil
Alexis Sanchez has been named in Man Utd's starting XI tonight. Sanchez starts for just the second time under Solskjaer, returning to the Emirates for the first time since leaving the club for Old Trafford last year.
Romelu Lukaku also comes into the United attack alongside Jesse Lingard, with Marcus Rashford dropping to the bench.
Anthony Martial is also among the subs, while Sergio Romero starts in goal for United with David de Gea rested.
Man Utd XI: Romero, Young, Lindelof, Bailly, Shaw; Herrera, Matic, Pogba; Lingard, Lukaku, Sanchez
Subs: Grant, Dalot, Jones, Fred, Mata, Martial, Rashford
Score prediction: Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United
Saturday's win over Chelsea helped lift some of the gloom that has recently fallen around the Emirates but the momentum behind Solskjaer and his side should be a concern.
As he showed against Tottenham, the United boss will give his attackers licence to attack on the road.
Given Arsenal's problems at the back and the red-hot form of Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba, United will fancy their chances of easing into the fifth round on a ground where they have had plenty of joy recently.
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Match odds
- Arsenal win: 8/5
- Man Utd win: 17/10
- Draw: 5/2
First goalscorer odds
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: 7/2
- Anthony Martial: 6/1
- Marcus Rashford: 15/2
- Aaron Ramsey: 17/2
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TV channel and live stream, and online coverage
The match will be available to watch live on BBC 1 with live coverage also available online via the BBC Sport website.
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Head to Head history (h2h)
This will be the 229th edition of this famous old fixture. United have 89 wins to their name over the years with Arsenal coming out on top 82 times.
United have won two of the last three with the last meeting ending in a 2-2 draw in that helter-skelter meeting at Old Trafford in early December.
