Arsenal are preparing for their first Premier League game of the season against Manchester United on Sunday.
Mikel Arteta will be delighted with the transfer business that his side have managed this summer, with the main addition being Viktor Gyokeres, the number nine that the Gunners have been crying out for over the last two years.
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Arsenal finished the last three seasons in second place, and will be going into the new season hoping that they can finally get over the line and claim their first league title since the 2003/04 season.
But before they can think about that, Arsenal need to look to getting off to a good start against Man United, especially because they have tough games against the likes of Liverpool, Man City and Newcastle coming up. We asked Grok AI to simulate 10,000 times, the first game of the season against the Red Devils, and this is what it said would happen…
Manchester United 1-2 Arsenal – AI simulation
AI predicted that Arsenal would pick up all three points on their first game of the season, which based on last year’s form would make sense. The Gunners were one of the best teams in the world, and Man United were massive underachievers.
However, United have added the likes of Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha, so are expected to be better, but AI thinks regardless of that, Arsenal will win.
It predicted that the Gunners would score the first goal of the game via new signing Gyokeres, who scored his first goal for Arsenal in pre-season against Athletic Bilbao. It then said that Bukayo Saka would net a second for the Gunners, before Cunha scored for United on the counter-attack late on in the game.
Other statistics suggest that Arsenal will have 58% of the ball, and that they would have 14 shots compared to 10 Man United shots. It did say that Old Trafford’s atmosphere would favour United, but seeing as Arsenal’s away record under Arteta has been so good, it doesn’t affect the result too much.
Click here to see the last five meetings between Man United and Arsenal, and see just how good the Gunners’ recent record against the Red Devils is.