{"id":363432,"date":"2025-08-16T14:53:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=363432"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:53:46","slug":"manchester-united-vs-arsenal-predictions-august-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/manchester-united-vs-arsenal-predictions-august-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United vs. Arsenal SGP predictions Aug. 17: Bet on Viktor Gyokeres, Amad Diallo at +375"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United and Arsenal clash on Sunday to kick off their EPL seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Arsenal saw its title hopes ruined by injuries last season, but brought in Viktor Gyorekes to fill a huge need at the striker position. Man U made big moves of its own and looks for a much better result this season after finishing 15th in 2024-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Manchester United vs. Arsenal predictions, including props on Gyorekes and Amad Diallo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manchester United vs. Arsenal predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Both teams to score | Gyokeres over 1.5 shots on target | <strong><strong>Diallo over 0.5 shots<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> <strong>(+375)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Both teams to score (-141): <\/strong>I wrote about this pick in my EPL predictions for this weekend, so why not add it to this SGP?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal finished with 69 goals last season, the third most in the Premier League, despite dealing with numerous injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Jesus missed significant time but come into the new campaign healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides also went big with the signings this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Man U spent over $50 million a piece on attackers Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Sesko and Matheus Cunha.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arsenal, meanwhile, purchased centre forward Viktor Gyokeres for $75 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mbeumo and Cunha combined for 35 goals and 13 assists in the EPL last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll touch more on Gyokeres later, but just know he was one of the most clinical attackers in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both United and Arsenal went all in on offence during the transfer window, and I can&#8217;t help but expect goals in their opening match on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-10146156-2d6b-49a8-b097-37743fd550b5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EPL SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Gyokeres over 1.5 shots on target<\/strong> (+140):<\/strong> He&#8217;s never played in the EPL, but the Swedish attacker has dominated everywhere he has played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gyokeres spent the most recent 2024-25 campaign with Sporting in the Portuguese league and scored 39 goals in 33 matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That included 2.12 shots on target per 90 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His competition was indeed much weaker, but he also played with less talented teammates. Gyorekes is joining a top team in England and will surely benefit from the playmaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal was in desperate need of a true striker, and Gyokeres fits the bill. I can&#8217;t see the Gunners being shy about deploying their new expensive transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he plays a good amount of minutes, it should be more than enough for a player of his calibre to create a few shots on target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gyorekes ranks in the 99th percentile amongst forwards for shots per 90 (4.04) and shot-creating actions per 90 (4.91).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Diallo over 0.5 shots (<\/strong>-305):<\/strong> This final leg has some chalk attached but takes the SGP from +250 to +375, so it&#8217;s a welcome addition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 23-year-old is an attacking-minded midfielder, recording 2.23 shots per 90 for Manchester United in the EPL last season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He appeared in 26 Premier League matches and had a respectable eight goals and six assists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Diallo appeared in two friendlies over the past month and cleared this line in both.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, across all competitions, he went 33-9 against this wager for the Red Devils in 2024-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As he matures, his role should only expand moving forward, leading to even more shot opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Manchester United vs. Arsenal predictions made at 2:18 p.m. ET on 08\/16\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United and Arsenal clash on Sunday to kick off their EPL seasons. The pregame narrative: Arsenal saw its title hopes ruined by injuries last season, but brought in Viktor Gyorekes to fill a huge need at the striker position. Man U made big moves of its own and looks for a much better result [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":363441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-363432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-soccer-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United vs. Arsenal predictions: Aug. 17 EPL SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Manchester United vs. Arsenal predictions for Aug. 17, 2025. 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