After a chaotic week, Arsenal are hoping for better serenity up till the October worldwide break and their kinder home run continues at house to Leicester Metropolis on Saturday afternoon.
Mikel Arteta’s Gunners have been compelled to run the gauntlet as they confronted Tottenham, Atalanta and Manchester Metropolis all away from house within the house of seven days. They escaped with their unbeaten begin nonetheless in tact earlier than blitzing previous League One outfit Bolton within the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.
Arsenal as soon as used to dread duels with Leicester however they’ve gained the earlier 5 conferences between the 2 golf equipment, usually at a canter.
The Foxes are big underdogs this weekend, with Steve Cooper’s aspect one in all six Premier League groups but to report their first win of the 2024/25 marketing campaign. They’ve secured ‘optimistic’ leads to back-to-back league outings, however they merely scraped previous League Two Walsall within the cup on Tuesday.
The stress is already starting to mount on former Nottingham Forest supervisor Cooper.
Right here is 90min’s information to Arsenal’s upcoming Premier League conflict.
Arsenal vs Leicester H2H File (Final 5 Video games)
Present type (all competitions)
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Arsenal |
Leicester |
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Arsenal 5-1 Bolton – 25/09/24 |
Walsall 0-0 (0-3p) Leicester – 24/09/24 |
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Man Metropolis 2-2 Arsenal – 22/09/24 |
Leicester 1-1 Everton – 21/09/24 |
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Atalanta 0-0 Arsenal – 19/09/24 |
Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester – 14/09/24 |
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Tottenham 0-1 Arsenal – 15/09/24 |
Leicester 1-2 Aston Villa – 31/08/24 |
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Arsenal 1-1 Brighton – 31/08/24 |
Leicester 4-0 Tranmere – 27/08/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/dwell stream |
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United Kingdom |
N/A |
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United States |
Peacock |
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Canada |
fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community 5 Canada |
Martin Odegaard offered a health replace within the week after sustaining an ankle harm on worldwide responsibility earlier this month. He is prone to be out of motion till the October break, not less than.
Odegaard stays on the sidelines with summer time arrival Mikel Merino, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney.
Arteta additionally famous after the Bolton win that David Raya, Jurrien Timber and Ben White are all doubts heading into Saturday’s recreation. The three gamers have been absent in midweek, with White enjoying by way of an harm at Man Metropolis final Sunday.
Leandro Trossard served his one-game suspension on Wednesday and might return to the matchday squad.
Arsenal predicted lineup vs Leicester (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Partey, Rice, Havertz; Saka, Jesus, Martinelli.
The guests are nonetheless with out Patson Daka, who sustained an ankle harm late in pre-season. The Zambian ahead will possible make his comeback after the October break.
Jannik Vestergaard and Jakub Stolarczyk are additionally coping with ankle blows that may maintain them out of Saturday’s recreation.
Cooper will ring the modifications from Tuesday’s beginning XI, with the likes of Jamie Vardy, Wilfred Ndidi, Wout Faes and Stephy Mavididi set for returns. Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielders Harry Winks and Oliver Skipp are each in rivalry.
Leicester predicted lineup vs Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen; Winks, Ndidi; Ayew, Buonanotte, Mavididi; Vardy.
Arsenal are but to unfold their wings from an attacking sense initially of the brand new season, though there have been mitigating circumstances.
Assuming they’ll keep away from delaying the restart on this one and discovering themselves at a person drawback once more, the hosts ought to win this one comfortably. It is unclear what the Gunners’ apex is within the remaining third this season, but it surely’s onerous to envisage this Leicester aspect placing up a lot resistance.
The Foxes, regardless of the presence of normal Gunners slayer Jamie Vardy, lack the requisite thrust in transition to bother a stern backline.
