Arsenal vs Manchester United prediction 25.01.2026 | Premier League

Arsenal seems like the best in the Premier League this season. The only two teams relatively close to them are Manchester City and Aston Villa, who have seven fewer points. The Gunners are playing excellently in the Champions League, too, where they are the only team with all seven victories. Arsenal won three of the last four games across all competitions. In the previous match, they won 3-1 on the road against Inter Milan. That was another brilliant performance from the team that seems unstoppable. 

After Arsenal's victory over Inter, manager Mikel Arteta commented on the club's seventh win in the European elite competition. He said, "That shows the Consistency, and not only that, the desire of the team - to constantly go to the next round and try to improve and be better, and win, and win, and win. And that's what we want to do, and we're not going to stop. Let's see how far we can get in the competition, but so far, very happy."

Arsenal doesn't have big problems with injuries. Max Dowman, Riccardo Calafiori, and Piero Hincapie could be the only ones missing on Sunday afternoon. 

Manchester United have another turbulent season. They improved from the last season, but being 15 points behind Arsenal hardly satisfies anyone. After four games in a row without a victory, the board finally decided to part ways with the manager, Ruben Amorim. At his place came former Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick as the caretaker manager. In his first game, the Red Devils won 2-0 at Old Trafford against the city rival, Manchester City. The home side was significantly better and deserved all three points. A performance like that could provide a major confidence boost.

Manchester United's interim manager, Michael Carrick, talked after a victory in the city derby about what is most important for the club to become successful again. He said, "Consistency is the key to any success, and if you can find that, then you're on to a winner, so that's our challenge. You've got to find a way of doing that. Big one next week (against Arsenal), obviously another tough one. But on the back of today, we've got a good foundation to build on."

Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs De Ligt are injured and will not travel to London this weekend.