Man Utd v Arsenal Odds
The Man Utd v Arsenal odds for this top Man Utd Arsenal FA Cup betting fifth round match is very tight according to the online bookies. This FA Cup match is live on BBC in the early evening on Saturday and there shall be a mssive viewership for this game. Man Utd by the very fact that they are playing at Old Trafford are the 21/10 favourites to beat off the new kids on the block Arsenal and make it through to the quarter finals. Ferguson in an interview earlier this year was very clear that he thought home advantage in the FA Cup was very important. Man Utd have had a few setbacks in the last couple of weeks having just managed to draw against Tottenham with a late equaliser from Tevez and then they went down 2-1 to their Manchester rivals Man City last weekend. This has exposed some weaknesses in this Man United team, but this is when they are at their most dangerous.
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Arsenal for their part have just been in fantastic form this season in particular in the last couple of weeks as they just seam to keep the ball so well and do not allow any team to get into a rhythm against them. Arsenal could be considered value in this game at 5/2 and this is a much better bet than backing United at just over even money. The way to play this game is to lay United on Betfair at around 2.2 and hope Arsenal score first and then take your profit.
Arsenal have a team that are hungry and who just love to pass the ball and everyone of this team contributes to making them almost unbeatable. The are no longer at the mercy of teams who are a bit physical and this has been their major advance this season as they are not been put off by teams like Blackburn, who they breezed past last weekend.
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