Arsenal travels to the south coast this weekend for a Third Round FA Cup match-up with Championship side Portsmouth.
Mikel Arteta’s mindset this season is to win trophies, so we should expect him to start a very senior squad on Sunday at Fratton Park in Portsmouth.
With that said, here’s my predicted starting XI…
[4-3-3]
Martinelli, Jesus, Madueke
Merino, Eze, Norgaard
Lewis-Skelly, Salmon, Timber, White
Kepa
Predicted final score: Portsmouth 0 – ARSENAL 3
COYG!
Gunner1953
Manchester City is now the leader on top of the Premier League table following Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Burnley. City leads Arsenal on the table by scoring 3 more goals in league play.
On Wednesday, Burnley was relegated back to the Championship joining previously dropping Wolves. One relegation spot remains to be filled.
Chelsea has sacked manager Liam Rosenior just three months into his six-year contract. No replacement has been named.
| TOP 6 |
GP |
PTS |
GD |
| Coventry City |
44 |
89 |
+46 |
| Ipswich Town |
43 |
79 |
+30 |
| Millwall |
44 |
79 |
+13 |
| Southampton |
44 |
76 |
+24 |
| Middlesbrough |
44 |
76 |
+21 |
| Wrexham |
44 |
70 |
+6 |
Viktor Gyokeres – 18
Gabriel Martinelli – 11
Bukayo Saka – 9
Eberechi Eze – 9
Leandro Trossard – 7
Mikel Merino – 6
Martin Zubimendi – 6
Noni Madueke – 6
Kai Havertz – 5
Gabriel Jesus – 5
Declan Rice – 5
Gabriel Magalhaes – 4
Jurrien Timber – 2
Riccardo Calafiori – 1
Ethan Nwaneri – 1
Martin Odegaard – 1
Ben White – 1
Piero Hincapie – 1
William Saliba – 1
Max Dowman – 1
Patrick Vieira on Viktor Gyokeres, “He’s a real team player and scoring goals. He will score goals, I don’t have any doubts about that.”
Sam Barrott will be the head referee for Arsenal v Newcastle United. Jarred Gillett will be the VAR.
Apr 29 – Atletico Madrid (A)
May 2 – Fulham (H)
Ma5 5 – Atletico Madrid (H)
May 10 – West Ham United (A)
May 17 – Burnley (H)
Riccardo Calafiori – Questionable
Jurrien Timber – Groin
Bukayo Saka – Achilles
Mikel Merino – Knee
Leah Williamson – Thigh
Manuela Zinsberger – Knee
Katie Reid – Knee
Stephanie-Elise Catley – Calf
Kyra Cooney-Cross – Calf
Beth Mead – Knock
Yesterday, while I was at work, my sister stole my apple ipad and tested to see if it can survive a thirty foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation. My iPad is now destroyed and she has 83 views. I know this is entirely off topic but I had to share it with someone!