As I mentioned in my previous post, only three FBS games on Saturday feature two Top 25 teams playing each other. College GameDay will be live from the historic Harvard-Yale game, which will be aired on NBCSN. At the same time, on “free-to-air” NBC, one of the big Premier League rivalries returns when Manchester United visits Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in London. This match may not have drawn as much attention recently as it did 10 years ago, but both teams have plenty at stake.

Manchester United are currently 7th in the EPL table, after a 1-0 home win over Crystal Palace before the international break. The Red Devils will likely be without influential defensive midfielder Daley Blind, who was injured while on duty with the Netherlands. But the visitors do have captain Wayne Rooney, in only his third match back from suspension, and Robin van Persie, the former Arsenal captain who arrived at Old Trafford in 2012. Apart from the 0-0 draw at Arsenal this past February, the last time Van Persie failed to score in this fixture (for either team) was in May 2011; that was also Arsenal’s most recent win against United in any competition.

The home side sit sixth in the table, just above United, and suffered a 2-1 loss to Swansea in their last match after giving up a lead at the Liberty Stadium. Danny Welbeck is one of the key summer transfer window signings for the Gunners, as he arrived at the deadline from United in a move that Rooney thinks will benefit his former teammate. Both Welbeck and Theo Walcott are doubtful for Saturday because of injuries, but Arsene Wenger said Thursday that Olivier Giroud is available after a rapid recovery from a broken leg, a welcome return for Arsenal. The North London club hosts Borussia Dortmund in a Champions League encounter on Wednesday, but won’t be looking past this match.

This was the marquee fixture of the Premier League season a decade ago, at a time when Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira captained the two teams. This video of a pre-match tunnel incident in February 2005 helps illustrate how vivid the rivalry was. (Warning: Keane uses profanity in the clip.) The rivalry remains strong even with the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, and both teams are eager to collect three points and move up in the table.

Who do you think will win Saturday’s game? Leave a comment below!