London will host a match between teams that were the flagships of English football at the beginning of the century and competed with each other for supremacy in the Premier League. After the era of Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City were on the main stage of British football, while the upcoming rivals for the match at the Emirates tried in vain to build new teams and win the long-awaited title. Closer to the goal so far is the London club, which under the leadership of Mikel Arteta has already secured the status of the second team of the division. In turn, Manchester United changes head coaches, occasionally winning minor national or continental titles. The last coaching change at the Red Devils took place in November this year, when Ruben Amorim was appointed to the most responsible post at the club. Bookmakers have identified the hosts as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.45 on their victory.

Arsenal is holding the current season worse than the previous one. Then the "canoniers" for quite a long time led in the Premier League standings, but at the finish lost the championship title to Manchester City. In the current football year, the "canoniers" lose points more often. Despite the fact that quickly "deflated" Manchester City, Arsenal goes second following the dominant Liverpool. Slot's men are so convincing that they have managed to pull away from the pursuers from London, Brighton and Manchester City by a distance of nine to eleven points. However, in the last three official meetings Arsenal have won three times, scoring a total of thirteen goals.

Manchester United, as expected, played with more zeal under the new coach and started to achieve winning results. However, the circumstances so far indicate a significant effort by the players to prove themselves to Amorim on the eve of the opening of the transfer window. Encouragingly for the players is the fact that the Portuguese is letting all the contenders for the main squad prove themselves, as evidenced by recent wins against Budo/Glimt and Everton. Manchester United, under three coaches in the past two months, have a single consistent trait - a streak of ten matches with goals scored. Circumstances point to the rivals exchanging goals in London.