One of the biggest games of the season takes place at the Emirates on Saturday lunchtime, as Man United travel down the M1 to take on Arsenal. Sporting Index have United as the 0.2-0.4 favourites and buyers of United supremacy on the spreads will be pleased that the Red Devils have won the last two meetings between the sides and that Emmanuel Adebayor is unable to take part. Spread bettors going on recent form will likely side with United following the Gunners’ poor result at Stoke, but sellers of United supremacy have their own reasons to be cheerful. Arsenal haven’t lost at home against the Big Four in their last nine – winning four and drawing five. In fact, buyers will be alarmed that Wenger’s side have only tasted defeat twice against the three big boys in their last 25 home games.

Perhaps of greater concern to United followers is the side’s poor record in the capital recently. They have only won five of their last 17 visits to London since the beginning of 2006 and with only one win in their last nine, the Arsenal sellers will be sitting up and taking notice. The spread betting public always like to hear of unusual trends and they will be interested to learn that since Arsene Wenger has taken over, his side have never gone three home games without a win against the Big Four. Their last two games at home against the Big Four were draws and the last eight times they have gone into a match against the Big Four winless in their last two against them, they have gone onto win the third match.

The great thing about football spread betting, as we all know, is that you can have total involvement in a game, whether that be on corners or how early the first goal is scored. Well, it’s been buyers of the time of the last match goal who have cleaned up in this fixture over the past couple of years. Sporting Index will have the spread of the last match goal at around 59-62 minutes and buyers will have made a profit in all of the last six games, three of which the final goal of the game has come in the last five minutes.