The eyebrows seem to prove that the Arsenal Football Club (league 5, 66 points) is leaking the Champions League away in the last weeks of the season. The 3-1 win over Wolverhampton in the midweek was a revelatory oath that did not come as a surprise. Since the Gunners also lost at home, most surprisingly after ten consecutive wins, against Crystal Palace, Arsenal no longer holds the king class ticket over the league in their own hands. The match on Sunday is the fifth game in the past 14 days for the Gunners. Unlike Arsenal, Leicester City (ranked 10, 48 points) will be well rested and ready for the penultimate home game of the season. We would also tend to forecast the Foxes at Leicester against Arsenal on odds. Nevertheless, our tip is: Vardy meets.
Not only is the striker currently in top form, the 2016 Premier League champion also likes to meet Arsenal. The Foxes with new coach Brendan Rodgers are still in the race for seventh place. Although there is no trophy for the title “Best-of-the-Rest”, if Manchester City wins the FA Cup at the end of May, the table-top player would be eligible to play next year’s Europa League qualification. With Arsenal still against Manchester United (A) and City (H) after Leicester, hope for seventh place is rather small. The Europa League may also be the best chance for Arsenal to reach the Champions League this season. There already waiting for the important semi-final first leg at home against Valencia on Thursday.
Leicester:
With four victories in a row for new Foxes leader Brendan Rodgers, Leicester have been without a draw for two games under Northern Ireland (one draw, one defeat). Last week, it was enough for a late deserved goal at West Ham for a 2-2 draw. Only Liverpool (16) and West Ham (15) lost more points in this Premier League season than the Foxes (14 points). In addition, it was the 13th away game of the season, in which Leicester scored both a goal and had to swallow a goal (Premier League high). At home, the Foxes have already lost eight Premier League matches. Only in the two seasons 1994/95 (ten bankruptcies) and 2001/02 (nine defeats) was Leicester defeated more often in the home stadium. However, these seasons still took place in the old Walker Stadium. At Leicester against Arsenal, bookmakers’ odds indicate that there is no real favorite in the game.
Leicester coach Rodgers has not since September 2012 set two home games in a row in the sand. At that time there were Liverpool Heimpleiten against Arsenal and Man United. However, Rodgers won against the Gunners only two of his nine Premier League games (2-3-4). In January 2012, there was a win with Swansea, in March 2014, a success with Liverpool. Only two coaches in Premier League history have been able to win against Arsenal with three different clubs (Chris Hughton and Roy Hodgson). Talisman Jamie Vardy scored nine goals in his last ten league games for Foxes, scoring seven times in seven Premier League appearances under coach Rodgers. Only against Newcastle he went despite good chances empty. In addition, the striker was six times successful in his recent seven league matches against Arsenal. Only against Liverpool (seven goals) Vardy met more often. So for Leicester against Arsenal our forecast for a tip: Vardy meets at any time. Daniel Amartey is Leicester’s only failure.
Arsenal:
Already against Crystal Palace coach Unai Emery had to reap criticism for his lineup. For the guest appearance in Wolverhampton, the Spaniard made seven changes to his starting eleven, which, however, did not pay off and the Gunners accordingly lost for the first time since August two Premier League games in a row. At the same time it was the highest Arsenal defeat against a climber since a 0-2 in May 1994 against Newcastle United. In the Premier League Arsenal won only two of the last eleven away games (2-3-6). In all competitions there were even eight bankruptcies in the recent 14 matches abroad (4-2-8). So let’s guess at Leicester against Arsenal the odds a balanced match. After two seasons without Champions League football Gunners threaten to miss the premier class for the third year in a row. Away, Arsenal were without a goal in the 17 games of the season only once. In addition, there were five of the seven away games against teams in the top half of the table. Like the Wolves last Wednesday, Leicester is among the top ten teams.
Nevertheless, the first season under Emery is largely positive. So had Arsenal after 34 matchdays as many points in the account as last time in 2015. Only Man City and Liverpool scored more goals this season than the Gunners (69). Arsenal have lost the most recent two league games on a Sunday. There have been three Sunday bankruptcies for the Gunners since March 2013. However, Arsenal have never suffered a failure in a Premier League game that was kicked off at 12:00 (local time) (15-4-0). The last game of this kind was won 5-1 against Fulham this season. Arsenal top striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was missing in Wolverhampton but was hit twice in his two league games against the Foxes every 40 minutes. However, the Gabonese – with 19 goals top goalscorer in the Premier League – scoreless in five of his last six away games. At Leicester against Arsenal, our forecast sees a tip on “Vardy Meets Anytime”. Denis Suarez, Aaron Ramsey, Hector Bellerin, Danny Welbec and Rob Holding are injured. Aubameyang is questionable.
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,61
