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Peter Green - October 22, 2019
Arsenal vs Vitoria de Guimaraes
Europa League
Date: Thursday, 24 October 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
Venue: Emirates Stadium (London).
Unai Emery’s men are heavy favorites for this game. They have the home advantage and possess a 100% win record at the moment in the competition. Moreover, they are taking on the bottom-most squad in the table, who have lost all of their games in the Europa schedule, and even worse, are yet to open their goal-scoring account.
The Gunners have been on fire in the European circuit this campaign. They are at the top of the table with wins in all of their fixtures. The team began with a bang on the road against Frankfurt, slotting in three goals to post the three points on the board while keeping a clean sheet for themselves.
Take note that the Germans were on an ominous form the last campaign, and had made huge impacts in the contests they took part in.
The next match-day, Arsenal put on an even better performance, with them recording a 4-0 win against Standard Liege. As a result, Emery’s men are placed in the perfect spot to ensure progression, and if they are to secure a victory this Thursday too, it would be hard to deny them a spot in the next round.
It does help they are going through a spell of good performances, with their last loss coming against Liverpool on the road, nine game-days back. Since then they have scored two or more goals in seven of their nine fixtures and won five of their prior six battles as well.
They have also kept three clean sheets from their preceding four clashes and scored four or more goals in two of their last four games.
In addition, they are at the Emirates Stadium, where they certainly hold some sway.
On the other hand, the visitors are placed dead-last in the table, have lost all of their games so far in the contest, and are yet to find the back of the net even once. Moreover, they are from a comparatively weaker Primeira Liga against a representative of practically the best league in the world.
By all means, expect Granit Xhaka and his boys to come out on top this Thursday with flying colors.
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