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Emirates Stadium on Wednesday 12 February 2014 at 19:45.BST 20:45 CET
David Moyes' Manchester United side will face a tough test as they look to restore confidence taking on Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.
United will travel to north London following the disappointment of Darren Bent’s late equaliser in their 2-2 draw against bottom side Fulham at Old Trafford on Sunday. After recovering from 1-0 down to lead 2-1 going into stoppage time, Moyes' side were pegged backby Darren Bent's equaliser.
After picking up one point in their last two matches, the defending champions trail second-placed Arsenal by 14 points and have lost their last three away games in all competitions, but this is a fixture where United have a good recent record. Unbeaten in their last five matches against Arsenal and having suffered just one defeat in their previous five visits to Emirates Stadium in all competitions, United know how to grind out results against Arsene Wenger's men.
Moyes will be looking to prevent Arsenal bouncing back from their 5-1 thrashing at Liverpool on Saturday. The heavy defeat at Anfield coupled with Chelsea's 3-0 win over Newcastle United knocked Arsenal off top spot in the Barclays Premier League. Wenger, though, is confident of a response against Man Utd, pointing to Arsenal's fine home form as the reason behind his optimism.
Arsenal lost only twice at Emirates Stadium in the Barclays Premier League in 2013 and are 11 games unbeaten there, a run that stretches back to the opening day of the season.
Their success at home has been built from the back, with the team keeping four successive clean sheets in the Barclays Premier League and seven shut-outs in their last eight league outings at Emirates Stadium. They will be hoping to stop former Arsenal striker Robin van Persie, who has scored eight times in his last nine Barclays Premier League matches, including the only goal when the two sides met at Old Trafford in November. Van Persie has netted in each of the three games against his old club since joining the Red Devils.
Marouane Fellaini (groin) and Jonny Evans (calf) are likely to miss out for Man Utd, although Phil Jones may return from concussion.
Mathieu Flamini serves the final game of his three-match ban for Arsenal, who will again be without Aaron Ramsey (thigh), Thomas Vermaelen (knee) and Kim Kallstrom (back). Jack Wilshere returned to the side at Liverpool following an ankle injury and suffered no ill-effects, so he is set to continue in midfield.
Arsenal from: Fabianski, Szczesny, Martinez, Gibbs, Jenkinson, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Sagna, Arteta, Cazorla, Gnabry, Miyaichi, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Rosicky, Wilshere, Zelalem, Bendtner, Giroud, Podolski, Sanogo.
Manchester United from: De Gea, Lindegaard, Buttner, Evra, Ferdinand, Jones, M Keane, Rafael, Smalling, Varela, Vidic, Carrick, Cleverley, Fletcher, Giggs, Januzaj, Kagawa, Mata, Valencia, Young, Hernandez, Rooney, Van Persie, Welbeck.
Match Appointments
Referee: Mark Clattenburg. Assistants: M Mullarkey, D Cann. Fourth Official: L Mason.