Match Day Predictions for Arsenal v Leicester City

The Gunners return to the Emirates Stadium for a Premier League match v Leicester City on Sunday. Both sides have some question marks going into the match. Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers indicated yesterday that Jamie Vardy remains questionable match while recovering from a calf injury. On Arsenal’s side, Dani…

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Beach City Gooners – Supporters Club of the Week

Congratulations to the BEACH CITY GOONERS of Long Beach, California for being named the Arsenal Supporters Club of the Week! Every match day this loyal group of Arsenal supporters gather at Auld Dubliner, 715 South Pine Avenue in Long Beach. So, if you are ever in the Long Beach area…

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Gunners open their Europa League season with a win!

The Gunners played a hard fought game against a very good Rapid Vienna side in Austria on Thursday. It was the Europa League opener for both clubs, and they gave both sides’ supporters plenty to enjoy during the 90 minutes. Rapid Vienna stuck first after halftime, however, successive goals by…

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Ozil speaks out over being dropped from Arsenal’s Premier League squad

Mesut Ozil has spoken, and it’s loud and clear the German midfielder is not happy about not making Mikel Arteta’s 25-man Premier League squad for the rest of the season. Here’s Ozil statement released earlier on Wednesday… “This is a difficult message to write to Arsenal fans that I’ve played…

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Predictions for Rapid Vienna v Arsenal on Thursday

The Gunners open their 2020-2021 Europa League campaign at Rapid Vienna in Austria on Thursday. The Austrian Bundesliga club is currently second in their league with a 3-1-0 record. Here’s how I think Mikel Arteta will line-up on Thursday… [4-3-3] Saka, Nketiah, Pepe Elneny, Partey, Willock Maitland-Niles, Gabriel, Luiz, Cedric…

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Do we need to worry about Auba’s lack of goals?

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has not scored a goal since the Premier League opener at Fulham on September 12th, and that has some people alarmed. However, if you look at Arsenal’s schedule, that is only four games. (He didn’t play in the two Carabao Cup games) Former Premier League veteran striker and…

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The European Super League?

Here’s something to keep an eye on over the next few months. FIFA is backing a $6-billion dollar investment by Wall Street giant JP Morgan to form a European super league of 16 to 18 teams which would basically replace the Champions League. The report did not say if UEFA…

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Arsenal has shown a “big, big difference” between then and now

After taking 24 hours to digest yesterday’s 1-0 defeat at Manchester City, I’ve come to the decision that I agree with Bernd Leno’s assessment of where the Gunners are against the league’s top teams. Leno told Arsenal.com, “On one hand we’re disappointed, but on the other we played a good…

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Arteta’s official starting XI v Manchester City

Mikel Arteta has released his team sheet for today’s match at the Etihad. Kieren Tierney and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang feature in the starting XI. Thomas Partey starts on the bench. Here’s the full line-up… Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Saka, Ceballos, Willian, Aubameyang, Pepe Here are the substitutes… Runarsson, Luiz, Maitland-Niles,…

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