The late FA Cup on Saturday and perhaps the most anticipated one is between Manchester United and Arsenal.
Manchester United are currently first in Premiership, having 60 points in 29 games. The team hardly qualified to this stage of the tournament when in the last stage they faced the 5th division Crawley Town on Old Trafford and only luck that the ball hit the post few times saved United from an embarrassing draw game. In Premier League, the team had two rough visits on Stamford Bridge against Chelsea, ( a loss with 2:1 ) and on Anfield against Liverpool ( a loss with 3:1 ).
Arsenal are currently second in Premiership, having 57 points in 28 games, a game less than the leader United and exactly 3 points behind. The team has been already eliminated from Champions League by Barcelona, so this cup and the title are the only things left to be won this year by the Gunners.
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What better chance can Arsenal get than the game on Saturday to win once again on Old Trafford, since 2006′s victory with 1:0. Manchester United has a game for the Champions League 3 days later at home against Marseille, something on which probably the team is focused a lot more than this FA cup game. After a goalless 0:0 in France United would need at least a goal here to advance, if they keep their net clean, and at least 2 goals in case something goes wrong.
While the FA Cup would be a nice achievement for the year, the team’s priorities are most likely Champions League, Premier League , FA Cup. In the same time Arsenal has only two things left to fight for this season, this cup and the title in Premier League. I believe the team will come here for the victory and will achieve it although the bookmakers appoint United for the favorite, giving them odds to win of 1.90.
The low odds can be explained by United’s record here against Arsenal since 1996, W12 D4 L4, with last loss back in 2006. However I’ll back Arsenal here, not just because of the high odds, but because of the reasons listed above mostly.
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Arsenal to win @ 4.00 (Bet365)
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