United are clearly the form team of the two, particularly after Saturday's 4-0 demolition of 10-man Liverpool. However, just days before their trip to Highbury, United have that game at St James' Park.
The one certainty among all the permutations is that Newcastle have been the biggest losers of the weekend. Even a victory on Saturday would still leave them with three points to make upthe leaders.
As their disappointed manager Bobby Robson summed up on Sunday, "We need to hover around Manchester United and Arsenal, but they've now gone ahead of us."
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