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A win for Arsenal will see them equal a club record seventh straight home win, while United – who are level on points at the Premier League summit with Saturday’s opponents – have won eight matches in a row.

The Premier League champions have scored four times in each of their last four matches with Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez all hitting top form and United will be out for revenge for their 2-1 Premier League defeat at the Emirates last season. The Gunners meanwhile, were dominant in an exhilarating 1-1 draw at Liverpool last week which sent out a true statement of intent to their Premier League title rivals.

Arsenal’s irresistible attack will go for broke at home, which could play into United’s hands, lethal as they are on the counterattack. Nonetheless, Arsene Wenger’s side have an inner belief which has seen them respond positively to adversity as we saw at Anfield last week.

There will be goals in this game but I think both managers will settle for a draw, which is available at 11/5 with SportingBet, in the knowledge that it is in the battles against the Premier Leragie’s lesser lights where the title war is won or lost. It is worth noting, though, that Arsenal have scored after the 79th minute in 11 of their 17 matches this term, making 8/5 with SportingBet about the last goal being scored in those last ten minutes (plus added time) too good to miss.

Elsewhere, Avram Grant’s improving Chelsea side will have no problem sealing a seventh win on the bounce at Wigan, who have lost five in a row and will not relish trying to hold out against a side that have scored ten goals in their last two matches.

In Germany, early Bundesliga challengers Hamburg should have no trouble sending Hertha back to Berlin empty-handed. The second-placed German side have won nine of their last ten matches, including their last six on the spin, and face a Hertha outfit that have lost five out of six Bundesliga matches. On Sunday, meanwhile, fourth-placed Karlsuhe can return to winning ways in the Bundesliga as they host a dismal Duisburg side reeling from a run of seven losses from eight matches, including a 4-0 cup thrashing by Werder Bremen in midweek.

Davydenko was soundly thrashed 6-2 6-2 by Marcos Baghdatis in the third round of the Paris Masters, and during the game he was asked to “try your best” by the umpire Cedric Mourier following a string of double faults. His opponent was disbelieving at the net questioning his opponent’s motivation.

Trading exchange Betfair are currently refusing to trade on any match involving the Russian due to a pending ATP match-fixing investigation that focuses on a game in Poland in August against world No 87 Martin Vassallo Arguello when at one set all Davydenko withdrew with a foot injury - which triggered Betfair’s action after they saw suspicious trading activity on the exchange.

Davydenko, who was the defending champion before yesterday’s debacle made ten double faults and 36 unforced errors during a match he was 4/7 to win at the outset. When asked by the umpire to step up his performance Davydenko responded by saying “what can I do?” to which the French umpire replied: “Serve like me. If you serve like me, you put it in the box. That’s it.”

At last week’s St Petersburg Open, Davydenko was fined $2,000 (£976) for not trying hard enough against Croat Marin Cilic yet he remains bemused at the allegations and puts his troubles down to a loss in form.

“I cannot serve,” he said after the match. “That was happening in St Petersburg. I don’t have pain really. I have no pain in my elbow. I need to find what’s the reason I cannot really serve.”

ATP president Etienne de Villiers told a conference in London yesterday that he would ban for life any player caught match-fixing.

“There is no excuse for that,” he said. “You are undermining the integrity of the sport, you are destroying a level playing field. As far as we are concerned in tennis, if they are involved in match fixing they will be thrown out.”

Former world No. 1 Martina Hingis announced her retirement from tennis yesterday, after she revealed that she had tested positive for cocaine during Wimbledon this year. The 27-year-old, winner of five Grand Slam titles, strenuously denied taking drugs, and has vowed to clear her name.

“All I can say is when we first split, I said to Paul, ‘I’m going to be crucified. … You know why we split. You know the truth. They don’t need to know the details, but you need to stand up and say, ‘I’m responsible for the breakdown of this marriage’,” Mills McCartney told NBC’s Today programme.

Lady Mucca then went on to blame the British tabloids for her problems and revealing that she would seek European legislation to make newspapers apologize to her for untruthful stories. The chances of that happening are of course about as likely as Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds being made a song for an anti-drugs charity but her recent comments have served one use - they have inspired William Hill to open a book on what the future holds for her.

William Hill are offering 3/1 that Heather moves to the States by the end of the year; 10/1 that she is declared bankrupt, 25/1 that she gets back together with Paul and 25/1 to pose topless in the next two years . William Hill’s odds suggest that Heather is even money to receive a £50 million plus divorce settlement and she is odds on at 8/15 to publish a warts and all book by the end of 2008!

“Until her recent outburst we had hardly received a bet request, negative or positive, but we now have a decent number of bets in the book, the most popular of which has been for Heather to move to America…wishful thinking for many Beatles fans,” said William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams.

All leaves us wondering what Paul though when he saw her standing there and whether the whoe issue will be resolved with money - that’s what she wants…(that’s enough song quotes, Ed)

William Hill Heather Mills Specials:

To write a warts & all book by the end of 2008: 8/15 Yes, 11/8 No

3/1 Permanent move to the States By Jan 1st

10/1 Declared Bankrupt by Jan 1st

25/1 Glamour/Topless shoot inc Playboy or similar publication in next two year

25/1 Heather & Paul to announce they are to reaffirm their vows

Size Of Divorce Settlement: £0-10m 10/1; £10-20m 4/1; £30-40m 2/1; £40-50m 4/1; £50m+ Evs