man utd VS arsenal

Manchester United
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Arsenal

Last Season: 29/08/09, Man Utd 2 - 1 Arsenal
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Manchester United will set a new club record for an unbeaten start to the season if they avoid defeat to their title rivals.

Top Scorer Top Scorer
Dimitar Berbatov 11 Samir Nasri 8
Luis Nani 5 Marouane Chamakh 6
Javier Hernandez 4 Theo Walcott 4

Top Assist Top Assist
Luis Nani 10 Andrey Arshavin 8
Wayne Rooney 5 Marouane Chamakh 4


Man Utd team news

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has reported a clean bill of health.

Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes have returned to training after hamstring and groin problems respectively, while Jonny Evans and Wes Brown have recovered from a virus.

It is United's first league outing since smashing seven goals past Blackburn Rovers and they are bidding to extend a five-match unbeaten run against the Gunners.

Arsenal team news

Arsenal will leave it as a late as possible to decide on the fitness of captain Cesc Fabregas (hamstring) ahead of Monday night's Barclays Premier League top-of-the-table match at Manchester United.

Full-back Kieran Gibbs is out after injuring his ankle in the midweek Champions League win over Partizan Belgrade, but both Gael Clichy (virus) and Johan Djourou (thigh) should travel to Old Trafford.

Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia (elbow), centre-back Thomas Vermaelen (Achilles) and midfielder Abou Diaby (ankle) remain out.

Squads

Manchester United: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Amos, Rafael, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling, Brown, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Park, Carrick, Scholes, Anderson, Obertan, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez, Macheda, Bebe.

Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Squillaci, Djourou, Eboue, Arshavin Song, Wilshere, Nasri, van Persie, Chamakh, Szczesny, Denilson, Rosicky, Koscielny, Walcott, Bendtner, Clichy, Fabregas.