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PL: Arsenal v Watford | September 29, 2018 15:00 BST

Match Prediction for El Clasicajones


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  • Arsenal have won eight of their 10 PL meetings with Watford but those two defeats have come in the last three meetings.
  • Watford have picked up three victories in their last six matches against Arsenal in all competitions.
  • Arsenal's last home PL defeat in a match kicking off at 15:00 on a Saturday was on the opening day of the 2013/14 season when they lost to Aston Villa.
  • Alexandre Lacazette has scored in each of his last four home starts in the Premier League, netting five goals in total. The last player to score in five successive starts at Emirates Stadium for Arsenal was Robin van Persie in 2011/12.

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Sniper Mik

Not a Closet Sp**s Fan
This is gonna be a tough one. Read somewhere that Watford have won a lot of possession in the final third with their pressing, which seems to be a problem with us right now. That ***** Deeney would be up Xhaka's ass all game. Kabesele being suspended for them is good though.
 

ThlRama

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Country: Greece

Player:Saka
Kabesele being suspended for them is good though.

Is he that good? Can you elaborate this point a little bit please, I never thought of him as that important, maybe I didn't notice.

On another note, I'd like to see the following:

Cech
Bellerin - Mustafi - Sokratis - Kolasinac
Guendouzi - Torreira
Özil - Ramsey - Welbeck
Lacazette
Don't know how ready Sokratis and Kola are, but Monreal definitely needs to be treated with care. And we need Sead's physicality for this.

Guendouzi and Torreira are the most press-resistant midfielders we have, if Xhaka is needed for chance creation he can come on after the break.

Welbeck has been amazing and has great workrate, again Auba can come after the break if we need a pacey forward.
 
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Mark Tobias

Mr. Agreeable
Is he that good? Can you elaborate this point a little bit please, I never thought of him as that important, maybe I didn't notice.

On another note, I'd like to see the following:

Cech
Bellerin - Mustafi - Sokratis - Kolasinac
Guendouzi - Torreira
Özil - Ramsey - Welbeck
Lacazette
Don't know how ready Sokratis and Kola are, but Monreal definitely needs to be treated with care. And we need Sead's physicality for this.

Guendouzi and Torreira are the most press-resistant midfielders we have, if Xhaka is needed for chance creation he can come on after the break.

Welbeck has been amazing and has great workrate, again Laca can come after the break if we need a pacey forward.
Did you mean PEA after the break? You have Laca listed in the lineup...
 

Mraven

Active Member
Guendouzi and Torreira are the most press-resistant midfielders we have, if Xhaka is needed for chance creation he can come on after the break.​

This is rubbish. Mobility and ability to carry the ball does not equal press resistance. Xhaka’s passes through the lines are way more efficient to avoid the press

I like Guendouzi, but his passing is not yet good enough to build up play from the back
 

Yousif Arsenal

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A routine 2-0 3-1 win as much as they been on form this year but at home against these teams we are too good.

Cech
Bellerin Sokratis Mustafi Kola
Torreira Xhaka
Auba Özil Iwobi
Laca
 

redanddread

The stone that the builders refuse
Tough game and they'll come to bully us for sure. Hopefully our firepower will turn up and we can eke out a tough 3pts. Tough it will be.
 

idan

Member
Leno
Bellerin Holding Sokratis(Mustafi) Monreal
Guendouzi Torreira
Auba Özil Iwoby
Laca

if Sokratis cant play,then play Mustafi.
Leno need to start playing regulary.
and give this mid a run of games to make a bond.
 

Sniper Mik

Not a Closet Sp**s Fan
Is he that good? Can you elaborate this point a little bit please, I never thought of him as that important, maybe I didn't notice.
He's started every single game for them and to me he's looked impressive every time I've seen him. He's a big physical presence and assured on the ball. He was unfortunate to see red last night and I think Watford will appeal it. They will probably bring in Mariappa in his place if it's turned down, who's not as commanding tbh.
 

ThlRama

Active Member

Country: Greece

Player:Saka
He's started every single game for them and to me he's looked impressive every time I've seen him. He's a big physical presence and assured on the ball. He was unfortunate to see red last night and I think Watford will appeal it. They will probably bring in Mariappa in his place if it's turned down, who's not as commanding tbh.

It always seemed to me like Cathcart was more important, but I'm not a specialist regarding their team. Still, Mariappa was decent last season, let's see if he can do a job - hopefully not! Janmaat is a big blow though.
 

Notorious Big

Drunka In Friend Zone
Think that we'll win this one.Watford played some good stuff since the start of the season,but their defence look kinda poor.They let too much space in final third.3-1 for Arsenal.
 

Beksl

Sell All The Youngsters
If Watford (looking at you Deeney) think they can bully this team they’re in for a surprise. We’re way past this stigma of soft Arsenal with the likes of Sokratis, Xhaka, Torreira, Laca Auba. They’ll probably try to target Özil but he’s been shifted to the wings and is not influencing the game as he used to.

We’ll find it tough at the beginning because of their pressing game but they’ll eventually ran out of steam and we’ll give them a proper trashing.

4-1 , 2x Auba, Laca and late screamer from Welbzinho.
 
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