The Gunners played a Europa League match against Benfica this week. The result for the London club looks quite encouraging, that is a 1:1 draw. So chances to advance to the next round before the return leg at home are pretty good for Arsenal. Players of Mikel Arteta played in Portugal with almost the main line-up, which does not seem surprising. It is on this tournament that the “Gunners” are likely to focus on this season and try to get into the Champions League through European cups. Indeed, in the Premier League chances of getting a place in the top four and even the top six are very small. Before the upcoming meeting with Manchester City, the London club is only tenth in the standings. Arsenal now have 34 points, which six less than sixth Liverpool. Although Everton, Tottenham and Aston Villa, which ranked seventh to ninth, have played one or two fewer games than Londoners. In the last round of the English Championship, Arsenal interrupted a series of three matches without victories. Mikel Arteta’s charges were accepted by Leeds and were defeated 4:2. But before this victory they earned only one point in the confrontation with Manchester United (0:0), after which they lost to Wolverhampton (1:2) and Aston Villa (0:1). At their hometown “Emirates” the London club has not lost for six matches in a row. Of these, Arsenal won three times and drew the same number of times. In addition to Leeds, they also managed to defeat Chelsea (3:1) and Newcastle (2:0) during this segment. In general, in terms of playing at the home arena the Gunners occupy only the ninth position now. Out of 12 matches at home, they achieved only five victories, lost four matches and drew three times. There are practically no personnel losses by Londoners. Mikel Arteta cannot rely only on injured midfielder Thomas Parti.
Leicester continues to rank among the top three in the English Premier League, although the Fox’s mentor is using a small rotation. But this is not surprising, because guests are still in the Europa League playoffs (on February 18-th the team played 0:0 in Prague against Slavia). In the last 5 rounds of the Premier League, Leicester stumbled only 1 time, losing to Leeds. The draw against Wolverhampton can also be attributed to points loss, but this is the normal schedule for a top four challenger. But in the last league match, Leicester made a real comeback, beating Liverpool with a score 3:1. More football prediction today can be obtained from the link provided.
