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Arsenal Vs. Manchester United, 2012 Premier League: Lineups

Time for the weekend's biggest match. While Manchester City vs. Tottenham may have had more ramifications at the top of the table, it can't compete with the raw emotion of Arsenal vs. Manchester United. Arsenal are wounded but wanting to take revenge after the 8-2 humiliation at Old Trafford, and with United once again being forced to field a fairly weak midfield they may well get it. Rio Ferdinand does not make the lineup, meaning that Robin van Persie gets to go against Johnny Evans and Phil Jones. Could be interesting.

Arsenal lineup (4-3-3): Wojciech Szczesny; Thomas Vermaelen, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Johan Djourou; Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Tomas Rosicky; Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott.

Arsenal substitutes from: Manuel Almunia, Park Chu-Young, Sebastian Squillaci, Andrei Arshavin, Yossi Benayoun, Ignasi Miquel, Nico Yennaris.

Manchester United lineup (4-4-1-1): Anders Lindegaard; Patrice Evra, Johnny Evans, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling; Nani, Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia; Danny Welbeck; Wayne Rooney.

Manchester United substitutes from: David de Gea, Rafael da Silva, Fabio da Silva, Paul Scholes, Park Ji-Sung, Dimitar Berbatov, Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez.

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