Arsenal are looking to secure their third consecutive Premier League victory when they host newly-promoted Huddersfield at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. The two teams have not met since 2011, when the Gunners grabbed a 2-1 victory over Huddersfield in the FA Cup. They have not played in the same league since 1972, when both sides were in the second tier of English football. The last time Huddersfield won at Arsenal was all the way back in 1954, when the Terries secured a 5-3 victory in London.
Arsenal dominated Burnley last weekend but the three points seemed to evade them as the match entered stoppage time. However, a careless push from a Burnley defender earned them a penalty kick, which Alexis Sanchez converted to give his side the second consecutive Premier League win. Mesut Ozil did not play at Burnley due to illness and he might miss out on Wednesday as well as the Gunners have a big match against Manchester United next weekend. Arsene Wenger might choose to rest a few more of his key players ahead of the weekend clash, but Huddersfield have already shown that they are no pushovers in the Premier League.
Huddersfield were handed their second consecutive defeat last weekend, but that result was pretty much expected considering that they faced unbeaten leaders Manchester City. The Terries even had a 1-0 lead at half-time, but the Citizens fought back and eventually won 2-1. Huddersfield have won just one of their six away matches in the Premier League so far, the bulk of their 15 points were earned at home. Rajiv van La Parra is suspended after being sent off against Manchester City, while Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Michael Hefele and Philip Billing are injured.
Probable line-ups:
Arsenal: Cech - Mustafi, Mertesacker, Monreal - Bellerin, Coquelin, Xhaka, Kolasinac - Wilshere, Sanchez - Welbeck
Huddersfield: Lossl - Hadergjonaj, Zanka, Schindler, Lowe - Hogg, Mooy - Kachunga, Sabiri, Ince - Mounie
My prediction: Arsenal to win 2-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Arsenal win - 1.19
Draw - 7.50
Huddersfield win - 17.00
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sharpe
12/21/17, 10:12:36 AM
Not much of a hospitality from Arsenal in this one as they took the win by a demolishing 5-0 result. Huddersfield doing pretty well this season despite that huge...
Not much of a hospitality from Arsenal in this one as they took the win by a demolishing 5-0 result. Huddersfield doing pretty well this season despite that huge Arsenal loss and at the moment sitting pretty comfortably at the table, still they could be involved in the relegation fight later on in the season, that's why their good start was so important.
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