Unai Emery is aware that Manchester United is a different team under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer than it was under Jose Mourinho and the stats seems to vindicate him. The two sides will meet in the fourth round of the FA Cup tie and the stats suggest that it will be a closely fought match. There have been 14 previous FA Cup ties between Arsenal and Man Utd, eliminating each other seven times apiece. Neither side have been knocked out by another more often in the competition's history. "It's the same players but they're playing with a big performance now. I was watching their last matches and each player has a lot of confidence, with big performances, and now they are very dangerous. For us, it's good because it's a very big test for us in this competition." Emery said. Read more: Arsenal vs Manchester United live updates Match stats<doc-sep>The two most successful sides in the history of the FA Cup - Manchester United and Arsenal - will meet for an epic fourth round tie at the Emirates Stadium on January 26. The last time these two teams faced off this season was at Old Trafford in the English Premier League (EPL) with Jose Mourinho at the helm for United. Arsenal had to be content with a 2-2 draw in that fixture, despite twice taking the lead. Since then, Manchester United have parted ways with Mourinho and have appointed former striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as caretaker manager. The return of their 'Baby-faced Assassin' has reinvigorated the club with Solskjaer enjoying a record start to his managerial stint at the club. Solskjaer equalled a record achieved only by Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea) and Pep Guardiola (Man City) - winning six consecutive Premier League matches at the start of their managerial reigns. If United beat Burnley at the end of the month, then Solskjaer will set a new Premier League record of seven straight wins since taking charge. Arsenal manager Unai Emery overcame back-to-back defeats in his opening two Premier League games to lead the Gunners to a 22-game unbeaten run, which came to an end after they lost to Southampton in December. Since then, he has seen his team get knocked out of the League Cup by arch-rivals Tottenham and suffer embarrassing defeats to Liverpool and West Ham in the League. Arsenal bounced back with an encouraging 2-0 victory against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium and Emery will be hoping his team can replicate that form against United. Team News United will have to wait to see whether Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo are declared fit to compete against Arsenal. Shaw took ill before warm-up against Brighton and had to replaced by Diogo Dalot. Smalling and Rojo have returned back to training but it will be a while before they regain full match fitness. Solskjaer revealed that Marouane Fellaini is expected to be out for three to four weeks with a calf strain but former Arsenal player Alexis Sanchez will be fully fit after missing the last two games through injury. Hector Bellerin picked up a knee injury in the 2-0 victory over Chelsea and joins Danny Welbeck and Rob Holding on the list of Arsenal players who will not feature again this season. Welbeck a former United striker, scored the winner in 2015 at Old Trafford, which was the last time that these two clubs met in the FA Cup. Another former United player to miss this game will be Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who has failed to recover in time from a fractured metatarsal. Centre-back Konstantinos Mavropanos if fully fit again and will be expected to feature on the bench for the Gunners. Possible XI Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Cech; Monreal, Sokratis, Mustafi, Lichsteiner; Xhaka, Guendouzi; Iwobi, Ozil, Torriera; Aubameyang. Manchester United (4-4-3): De Gea; Shaw, Lindelof, Bailly, Young; Pogba, Matic, Herrera; Alexis, Lukaku, Mata. Prediction: Manchester United have been in rampant form ever since replacing Mourinho at the helm. Although Emery managed to tactically get the better of Maurizio Sarri in the 2-0 win over the weekend, he will be faced with a much tougher challenge against United. We could expect a close encounter with United emerging winners by a one-goal margin. Betting odds: (Betfair) Arsenal win: 8/5 Man Utd win: 17/10 Draw: 5/2 Where to watch: The FA Cup is being beamed on the Sony Pictures Sports Network and the Arsenal vs Manchester United match will be telecast live on Sony Ten 2 at 1.15 AM on January 26. Online viewers can catch the game live on the SonyLiv App.<doc-sep>Memphis Depay was impressed with Marcus Rashford’s skill (Getty Images) Marcus Rashford may not have been given much time to make an impact in Manchester United’s win against Arsenal in the FA Cup but that didn’t stop him from stealing the spotlight after the victory at the Emirates Stadium. United’s in-form striker came on as a substitute with 18 minutes remaining to help wrap up a 3-1 victory to fire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side into the fifth round of the FA Cup. But it was in the warm-up where Rashford did his damage. In a one-touch rondo with his United teammates, the ball fell to Rashford with Fred in the middle. The Brazilian shifted his body across to block the pass but Rashford, who had stalled on the ball for a split second, pulled off a brilliant elastic to nutmeg the United midfielder. Naturally, United’s players went wild at Rashford’s sublime piece of skill and the clip went viral on social media. Memphis Depay was one of the players to applaud Rashford for his efforts. Depay reminded Phil Jones of a nutmegging incident at United (Instagram) And the United midfielder went a step further by reminding Phil Jones of a similar incident during their time together at Old Trafford. Depay failed to find his best form at United but the Netherlands international is currently thriving at Lyon. And Depay’s performances in Ligue 1 have even led to United fans calling on their club to re-sign the forward. United do have the option to trigger their buy-back clause in the deal they agreed with Lyon, but only if the Ligue 1 club are willing to sell Depay, so for now it appears the Dutchman is staying put.<doc-sep>Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was at Manchester United when they broke their transfer record twice in two months in the summer of 1998 with Jaap Stam for £10.7 million and then Dwight Yorke for £12.6 million. He was there when Sir Alex Ferguson did the same again in 2001, signing Ruud van Nistelrooy for £19 million, and Juan Sebastian Veron for £28 million, and then the following year when Rio Ferdinand broke the club’s record transfer fee again at £30 million. As a £1.5 million footballer from Molde whom neither Everton nor Manchester City had considered worth the risk, the burden of a transfer fee was never one United’s current caretaker manager had to contend with, although he knew what came with it. Ferdinand tells the story of how, in his first training session rondo at United in the summer of 2002, he miscontrolled the ball and Solskjaer wondered aloud to the group, “How much did we pay for him again?” The United manager laughed when he was reminded of that moment in a small room out the back of Arsenal’s tunnel, an hour after he had eliminated them from the FA Cup, his eighth straight win since taking the reins. He laughed but he has still not changed his mind. “Yeah but £30 million. We paid £30 million! And that touch was not worthy of a £30 million player in that box. It’s true though!”<doc-sep>
PROGRAM NOTE: Our own bmj0723 is at the Emirates today, same as Arsenal! Well, not the same, I guess, he’s not playing, but still. He’ll be live tweeting AND Instagram-storying his day leading up to and at the match, so if you don’t already, give us a follow on one or both, and follow along today - it’ll basically be like you’re there! ===== Arsenal welcome Manchester United to the Emirates for a 4th round rematch of the two most decorated clubs in FA Cup history. The two sides’ last FA Cup match was in the 6th round of the 2015 competition—Arsenal beat United 2-1 and went on the win the cup that year. Despite Hector Bellerin’s season ending in knee surgery this week, necessitating some lineup and formation changes, the Gunners have a decent chance of moving on today. Unai Emery’s counterattack-focused style of play works better against teams of United’s caliber, and Arsenal might actually be missing fewer players than United. United have bounced back quickly with Ole Gunnar Solskær in charge, but they are by no means a healthy team. Marcus Rashford left United’s last match with a knock, and Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, and Marouane Fellaini are all out. There is also a rumor floating around that David de Gea won’t be in the squad, which makes no sense to me, but would be helpful if true. Arsenal’s only injuries are the long-term ones—Bellerin, Rob Holding, and Danny Welbeck have been out for a while and will be out for a while longer. WHAT: Arsenal vs. Manchester United, FA Cup 4th Round WHERE: The Emirates WHEN: Friday, January 25th 11:55 AM PT | 2:55 PM ET | 7:55 PM BT US TV: Streaming on ESPN+ (not free). Check out livesoccer.tv for all your international streaming needs. Please take your illegal streaming links elsewhere. LINEUPS: