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Leg One of Carabao Cup Semifinal on Tuesday

The Gunners commence on Tuesday with Leg 1 of the Carabao Cup semifinals v Newcastle United in Emirates Stadium. Expect Mikel Arteta to put out his strongest available squad in order to take advantage of Arsenal’s home field support in north London. This is a huge match for the club…

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Arsenal’s “back nine” begins on Saturday

Arsenal begins the second half the Premier League season on Saturday v Brighton and Hove Albion. The match will be played in the American Express Stadium. Brighton and Hove had a terrific start to the season but have not had a league win since November 23rd v Bournemouth. 31-year-old Fabian…

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Arsenal’s 2025 begins in Brentford

New Year’s Day game v Brentford will mark the halfway point for the Gunners in the 2024/2025 Premier League season. Arsenal will travel to Gtech Community Stadium in Brentford to face the 12th place Bees. Mikel Arteta’s squad is unbeaten in their last eleven matches in all competitions, while Brentford’s…

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The season is just beginning to take shape

The Gunners have just closed out the 2024 part of their schedule for this season, and are successfully riding an eleven game unbeaten streak in all competitions. To make a comparison to least year at this same time, in all competitions, the Gunners had 18 wins, 5 draws and 6…

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The Tractor Boys roll into north London on Friday

Yankee Gooner hopes everyone had a wonderful Christmas Day with friends and family! Now, back to the business of football, and the Arsenal Football Club! The Gunners reconvene on Friday to face promoted side Ipswich Town on Premier League Match Day 18. Arsenal is hoping to extend a ten game…

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Arsenal returns to Cup action on Wednesday

The Gunners are in the Carabao Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday v Crystal Palace. This is a trophy Mikel Arteta wants to bering back to north London, so expect a strong, yet different line-up at kick-off. Here’s my predicted starting XI for this important cup match, with a few surprise starters……

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Arsenal dropped points on Saturday with a 0-0 draw v Everton

Arsenal failed to take advantage of yet another chance to close the points gap with Liverpool. Following the Reds 2-2 draw with Fulham, Arsenal had the chance to move within four points of the league leaders with a win, however, Mikel Arteta’s squad could not find a goal against a…

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Arsenal “should” defeat Everton on Saturday

Arsenal returns to Emirates Stadium on Saturday following a successful trip to Monaco mid-week. Mikel Arteta’s former club Everton will be the Gunners opponent when Match Day 16 of the Premier League kicks-off this weekend. Everton is currently 15th on the league table, but are coming off a 4-0 win…

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Arsenal travels to Monaco on Wednesday

Once again Mikel Arteta faces injury concerns before a big Champions League match. The foe this week is Monaco currently 3rd in Ligue 1 and 8th on the current Champions League table, just one place behind the Gunners. As always, this is a crucial UCL match for both clubs as…

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