Leicester Vs Arsenal

Leicester Vs Arsenal
Sunday 16:00 BST
King Power Stadium


Away to Leicester.

Not much to say for this match. It's a straight forward game against a newly promoted team who will make it as difficult as possible and the only thing which will be against us is complacency and lack of sharpness if we play the same team as we did on wednesday. Other than that, we should honestly be fine because eventhough Leicester drew 2-2 against Everton at home, they weren't really that impressive and should have lose if Everton played better. We are on our way to get back to full fitness and the team is kind of clicking together.

The main point to discuss is how the team will set up. Sanchez is most likely starting up top unless Arsene opts for Sanogo but i doubt it. The problem comes i midfield as Ramsey is available again and if Arsene starts him and Wilshere together then that means Ozil goes wide and we end up with Ramsey-Wilshere in a 4-1-4-1 which has really not worked well. But I do hope we play better than we have in the past with them two and at least make a comfortable match. Which is unlikely though as newly promoted sides are often stubborn to play against.

Team News

For Arsenal, Arteta is back in training but I don't think he is fit enough to start. No new injury.

Expected Arsenal Team

--------------------------------Szczesny-----------------------------------

Debuchy-----------Mertesacker-------------Koscielny--------------Monreal

----------------------------------Flamini-----------------------------------

Oxlade-------------Wilshere----------------Ramsey-------------------Ozil

-----------------------------------Sanchez---------------------------------

Expected Leicester team

--------------------------------Schmeichel-----------------------------------

Morgan----------de Laet---------------------Moore-----------------Koncheskey

Mahrez-------------------King------------Hammond-------------Schlupp---------

-------------------Ulloa---------------Nugent-----------------------------------


Match Facts (FourFourTwo)

• Leicester won their first Premier League home game against Arsenal (2-1 in November 1994) but none of the subsequent seven games saw them claim three points.
  
• The last time Arsenal played Leicester was the 38th and final game of the unbeaten 2003-04 Premier League campaign.
  Leicester's players to have featured so far have a combined total of 550 Premier League appearances, fewer than any other team this season.
  
• Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez has conceded more fouls (7) without getting booked than any other Premier League player this season.
  
• Arsenal have only won three of their last nine Premier League away games (D2 L4).
  
• Injured hitman Olivier Giroud has been involved in 25 goals since the start of last season, level with Manchester City's Sergio Aguero.
  
• Mesut Ozil has assisted only one goal in his last nine Premier League games.
  
• David Nugent has not scored a Premier League goal since playing for Burnley in 2009-10. His last effort came in March 2010.
  
• Leicester have scored at least once in each of their last 16 league games at home.
  
• Arsenal have scored at least two goals in their last three Premier League away games.
  

Final Words

Pls win

Good work RG! Lets hope we play better than we played against besiktas.

Leicester are a direct team from what I've seen. Two hard working centre midfielders and two pacey wingers that they rely heavily on for service. Ulloa and Nugent aren't doing crap without that service. So basically, if we keep Mahrez and Schlupp/Knockaert quiet, we'll nullify a lot of their threat.

They're weak down the sides, too. De Laet and Konchesky aren't that quick or reliable in their positioning. Get Chamberlain and Ozil running at them and we could get some joy.

Pearson tends to play quiet positively so they'll probably try and get in our faces a bit. Hopefully that'll open up a bit more space for us to exploit.

I'm feeling quiet confident about a comfortable win. The performance against Besiktas was good and there were signs that the cutting edge was coming back. Hopefully Wilshere and Alexis will have good games again.

I guess the only question mark over the starting eleven is whether Cazorla plays or not. He played extremely well in mid-week, so it'd be a shame to leave him out.

Nice job RG.

I would drop Flamini, dont think he has done anything in past games to show we need him. Ozil MUST play in the middle absolutely.

My line up.

Debuchy--------Kos------Mert-------Monreal
--------------Ramsey Chambers/Jack
Oxlade-------------Ozil--------------Sanchez
----------------Campbell

We can honestly try Wilshere in the Arteta role. But that could turn disastrous

Anthony Taylor is ref, btw. Expect some crap decisions.

RealGunner wrote:We can honestly try Wilshere in the Arteta role. But that could turn disastrous

It would be a good time to try this imo.

Come On Wenger start Campbell

Good work RG
hope we are back to 4231

with championship defenders used to defend area than players who can get picked up(hence how many times they have needed last ditch defending or blocks in the box) this should be Ramsey's game to add more goals by arriving late in to the box

would be disappointed if we dont keep clean sheet
but our back 4 still has some work to do
lets hope for a comfy win
COYG

its been a long time since arsenal really dominated and thrashed someone, hope today is the day!

on the other hand, a real poor result might sway wenger to pursue someone like falcao!

Bench: Ospina; Chambers; Coquelin, Chamberlain, Rosicky; Campbell, Podolski;

Watched Leicester against Everton and Chelsea, they break really quickly and with numbers so leave a lot of space behind, if we're quick enough to find Alexis in those spaces I believe we will score a couple of goals but I've also noticed their goalkeeper Schmeichel is really good, we ought to be more clinical this time or we'll find ourselves in the situation late in the game where even a super strike won't go in because of the goalkeepers confidence/momentum.

urbaNRoots wrote:

Szczesny
Debuchy Mertesacker Koscielny Monreal
Flamini
Wilshere Ramsey
Özil Alexis Cazorla

Bench: Ospina; Chambers; Coquelin, Chamberlain, Rosicky; Campbell, Podolski;

Watched Leicester against Everton and Chelsea, they break really quickly and with numbers so leave a lot of space behind, if we're quick enough to find Alexis in those spaces I believe we will score a couple of goals but I've also noticed their goalkeeper Schmeichel is really good, we ought to be more clinical this time or we'll find ourselves in the situation late in the game where even a super strike won't go in because of the goalkeepers confidence/momentum.

why the hell would you be for waisting the rw, and lw w/ our cams, who are both of a higher class than wilshere, it ignores balance and makes the attack weak, do you want to barely win?

Nice work, RG.

This will be a tough game (which Premier League game isn't?). Leicester come up with the mentality of champions and against Everton and Chelsea were fantastic, however, in the end, they took just 1 point and conceded 4 goals, which I guess is a sign to them of how hard the PL is.

Arteta, Ospina and Diaby were in full training on Saturday, hopefully we'll see them in the squad after the international break.

Today, I'd play:

Szczesny; Debuchy Mertesacker Koscielny Monreal; Flamini Ramsey; Chamberlain Ozil Rosicky; Alexis

Martinez Chambers Wilshere Cazorla Podolski Campbell Sanogo


It's pretty important we win. Chelsea are already in exceptional form and leading the way and our next game is v Man City.

chamberlain needs to play as regularly as possible in a fixed position!

Artilleristen wrote:

urbaNRoots wrote:

Szczesny
Debuchy Mertesacker Koscielny Monreal
Flamini
Wilshere Ramsey
Özil Alexis Cazorla

Bench: Ospina; Chambers; Coquelin, Chamberlain, Rosicky; Campbell, Podolski;

Watched Leicester against Everton and Chelsea, they break really quickly and with numbers so leave a lot of space behind, if we're quick enough to find Alexis in those spaces I believe we will score a couple of goals but I've also noticed their goalkeeper Schmeichel is really good, we ought to be more clinical this time or we'll find ourselves in the situation late in the game where even a super strike won't go in because of the goalkeepers confidence/momentum.

why the hell would you be for waisting the rw, and lw w/ our cams, who are both of a higher class than wilshere, it ignores balance and makes the attack weak, do you want to barely win?

To pack the pitch really narrow allowing the defense to compact and pray that we can pass into goal.

So this is the game of destiny where Diaby is like the new signing strike again.

Won't be surprised if Alexis gets a rest today.
AGAIN, I would like to see Campbell feature in this game.

I think it's going to be tough for the first half again, Leicester won't sit back and possession will be pretty much evenly shared, whether or not we get an early goal remians to be seen. Because if we do the game can open up and we can see more of Ramsey and Ozil on the ball and then we can get more goals, but if we don't we might see us put on the pressure again in the second half and force for a goal.

Nah alexis will start, Wenger hardly rotate his winning 11. Will overplay Alexis til Giroud back then some rest

6unner wrote:

Artilleristen wrote:

urbaNRoots wrote:

Szczesny
Debuchy Mertesacker Koscielny Monreal
Flamini
Wilshere Ramsey
Özil Alexis Cazorla

Bench: Ospina; Chambers; Coquelin, Chamberlain, Rosicky; Campbell, Podolski;

Watched Leicester against Everton and Chelsea, they break really quickly and with numbers so leave a lot of space behind, if we're quick enough to find Alexis in those spaces I believe we will score a couple of goals but I've also noticed their goalkeeper Schmeichel is really good, we ought to be more clinical this time or we'll find ourselves in the situation late in the game where even a super strike won't go in because of the goalkeepers confidence/momentum.

why the hell would you be for waisting the rw, and lw w/ our cams, who are both of a higher class than wilshere, it ignores balance and makes the attack weak, do you want to barely win?

To pack the pitch really narrow allowing the defense to compact and pray that we can pass into goal.

We have two attacking fullbacks who can offer width so it's not like Leicester could completely ignore that.

I would usually agree but for that to happen we need Alexis to play wide which means Sanogo getting game-time which I really really don't want to happen. Cazorla has got to start as he's a goal threat which we currently lack.

If we go 4-2-3-1, would be happy to see this team: