Manchester United are looking to take their winning streak away from home under Ole Gunner Solskjaer to 10 games this afternoon.
Standing in their way are Arsenal, who they beat in the middle stages of that run 3-1 at the Emirates in the FA Cup fourth round.
The Old Trafford club are coming off the back of a memorable Champions League over Paris Saint-Germain in midweek, which was preceded by a similarly dramatic 3-2 league victory over Southampton.
In the pre-match press conference, Solskjaer hinted that Anthony Martial, Ander Herrera and Nemanja Matic could all feature, while Jesse Lingard returned to training on Friday.
Eric Bailly is also OK after suffering a knock in Paris, but no updates were offered on Alexis Sanchez or Juan Mata, while Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian and Phil Jones all remain sidelined.
Solskjaer has been playing with a two-pronged attack the last two games, starting with a 4-3-1-2 formation.
But Diogo Dalot has been introduced on the wing in both matches, instantly having an impact.
He replaced the injured Sanchez against Southampton and caused havoc down the right with his tricky stepovers and vicious crossing, and is expected to come in for the Chilean in the starting XI this week.
While it was a 4-3-1-2 formation that worked to such effect against Arsenal in January, Solskjaer may well switch to his typical 4-3-3 formation, with Dalot on the right wing.
Do not be surprised if Matic returns to the side, either. The Serbian’s generalship has been amply made up for by Scott McTominay, but the Scotsman could find himself pushed further forward today as Solskjaer will be wary to rush Herrera back into the team.
Manchester United predicted line up: De Gea; Young, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw; McTominay, Matic, Pogba; Dalot, Lukaku, Rashford
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