Sheffield United vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result and final score as ruthless visitors embarrass hosts
Sheffield United 0-6 Arsenal: Martin Odeagaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Declan Rice and Ben White were among the goals as the hosts fell apart at Bramall Lane to continue a record-breaking run
Rampant Arsenal made history with a 6-0 win away to shambolic Sheffield United as Mikel Arteta’s side moved back to within two points of the Premier League summit.
Having seen title rivals Liverpool edge past Nottingham Forest and Manchester City defeat Manchester United, Mikel Arteta’s men knew they had to respond at the Championship-bound Blades.
Arsenal did so in style and could easily have struck more than the five first-half goals they managed at Bramall Lane, where the Monday evening mauling was completed by a Ben White thunderbolt.
This was the Gunners’ seventh straight Premier League win and saw them become the first English league side to win three consecutive away games by five or more goals.
By contrast, the Blades have now conceded five or more in four successive home games in all competitions.
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The 22-year-old has scored in his last five Premier League games, the first English player to do so for Arsenal since Ian Wright in 1994.
Wright made in seven straight, though, so there’s work to do for Saka yet...
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History makers? Hopefully not, for Chris Wilder at least.
After a 5-2 defeat to Brighton in the FA Cup, a 5-0 defeat to Aston Villa in the Premier League and another 5-0 defeat to Brighton in the Premier League (this time with 10 men), Sheffield United could tonight become the first English league side to lose four consecutive home games in all competitions by a margin of five or more goals.
Arsenal, meanwhile, could become the first English league side to win three consecutive away games by a margin of five or more goals.
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Mikel Arteta has raised the possibility of Gabriel Jesus featuring against Sheffield United tonight.
The Brazilian has not played since scoring the opening goal in Arsenal’s 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest - missing the whole of February due to a knee injury.
But he returned to the bench against Newcastle and was an unused substitute in the 4-1 win last weekend.
“He’s fit enough, but knowing how long he will last is something different probably,” Arteta said. “Obviously we need him fit. He’s a massive player for us and we want to make sure that now we load the players in the right way.”
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Paul Tierney, who was at the centre of a dropped ball controversy in the Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool match last Saturday, will not referee a Premier League match this weekend.
Tierney faced criticism after he failed to award a dropped ball to Forest in an attacking area after stopping the match for a head injury to Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate.
Forest did regain possession after Tierney’s error, but conceded a 99th-minute goal which cost them a valuable point in the race for Premier League survival.
Tierney has been selected as the video assistant referee (VAR) for the Arsenal v Brentford match on Saturday evening.
Sources close to Professional Game Match Officials Ltd insist Tierney has not been dropped.
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Eddie Nketiah scored a hat-trick at the Emirates as Arsenal beat Sheffield United 5-0 in October.
The Gunners have since scored at least five goals in a single game on a further four ocassions: 6-0 vs Lens, 5-0 vs Crystal Palace, 6-0 vs West Ham and 5-0 vs Burnley.
United have lost by at least five goals on a further four ocassions, too...
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Odds
Sheffield United win: 16/1
Draw: 7/1
Arsenal win: 1/7
Prediction
Arsenal should prove too much for the relegation-threatened Blades. Sheffield United 0-3 Arsenal.
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Predicted line-ups
Sheffield United XI: Grbic; Ahmedhodzic, Robinson, Trusty; Baldock, Hamer, Souza, McAtee, Larouci; Brereton Diaz, Brewster.
Arsenal XI: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior; Rice, Odegaard, Havertz; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli.
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Arsenal team news
Arsenal could give Thomas Partey his first minutes since returning from a long-term injury that has kept him out since October. Gabriel Jesus was back on the bench against Newcastle and is set to feature again, while Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu face late fitness tests.
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Sheffield United team news
The hosts will be without the suspended Mason Holgate, while Cameron Archer, John Egan, Chris Basham, Rhys Norrington-Davies and Max Lowe face spells on the sidelines. The Blades could welcome back Ben Brereton Diaz and George Baldock after the pair resumed training this week.
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When is Sheffield United v Arsenal?
Sheffield United v Arsenal will kick off at 8pm GMT on Monday 4 March at Bramall Lane
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