On Monday evening, from 19:56 pm, Arsenal and Leeds United meet the Emirates in the “16” ima of the England Cup. Under the command of Mikel Arteta, the new manager of the team, the “tuners” played excellently in the derby with Manchester United (2-0), but now they have another heavy mission ahead. Certainly the Londoners have set out to win the England Cup to save the season.
Leeds United dominate the Championship standings in the second league, and Marcelo Bielsa’s students are preparing and working hard for promotion. Leeds has a good chance of returning to the elite of England, even though he has taken many wrong steps lately. After Christmas, Leeds was the star of a fairytale match, won 5-4 on Birmingham’s ground! This game once again showed how capable and capable “Crazy Gang” is at the league level.
However, the draws with Cardiff (3-3), Preston (1-1) and WBA (1-1) have further limited the white supremacy, but these results have been obtained in front of some promotion rivals. Overall, Leeds football is excellent and the morale of footballers on Elland Road is high. We can also say about Arsenal, which struggles anonymously in the Premier League. But the Londoners are back in shape and players like Ozil, Ceballos, Aubameyang or Lacazette can certainly get on the ramp in front of the second league leader, even as reserves.
After Unai Emery’s dismissal, Freddy Ljungberg stayed on the bank of the “tuners”, which was eventually replaced by the Spanish Mikel Arteta – former second of Pep Guardiola, in Manchester City. Arteta promotes a positive, offensive style of play that works well with Emirates players. After the unfortunate failure with Chelsea (1-2), the victory with Manchester United brought a well-deserved reward for the Iberian manager.
Because there are two quality teams that attack a lot, it is natural to focus on bets on goals. We also note that Arsenal have won 4 of the last 5 straight duels, 3 of them being scheduled in the English Cup, in 2012 (1-0), 2011 (3-1 and 1-1) and 2004 (4-1). Leeds may be more concerned with the fight for promotion than trophies, which means that Marcelo Bielsa could experiment in the first “11” used Monday night.
TEAM PROBABLE LA ARSENAL – LEEDS UNITED
Arsenal: Martinez; Bellerin, Holding, Luiz, Saka; Willock, Guendouzi; Nelson, Ceballos, Martinelli; Lacazette.
Leeds United: Casilla; Ayling, White, Cooper, Douglas; Phillips, Klich; Costa, Harrison, Dallas; Bamford.
PREDICTION: Arsenal to win @ 1,46
