Arsenal
Premier League
Regular Season
Sun , Oct 04 , 2020 15:00
2 - 1
Sheffield United
Arsenal
Sheffield United
2 - 1
Arsenal host Sheffield Utd in the fourth week of the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium (London) on Sunday, October 4 and the match kicks off at 2pm (UK).
MATCH PREVIEW
Arsenal ended their undefeated run in the league last weekend in their 3-1 defeat to defending champions Liverpool at Anfield.The Gunners won their first two games of the campaign against Fulham away (0-3) and West Ham at home (2-1). Those were not the most problematic fixtures in all fairness, but you can only beat what's in front of you, and in two London teams they had difficult enough rivals. Next, Arteta's side welcomes Sheffield Utd, confident enough after they put up a good fight against the Reds.
The poor start is a bit worrying situation for the Blades, as they continue their three-game winless streak, similar to the one from the back end of the last season, which cost them one of the Europa League spots. They lost their home opening match to Wolves (0-2) and the next match against Aston Villa (1-0). Lastly, against newly promoted Leeds, the Blades hoped they could break the dead-lock and get on the score-board, but finished again without scoring, which only compounded to their third defeat in a row.
MATCH ANALYSIS
After rotating heavily in Carabao Cup against Leicester, Arsenal's boss Mikel Arteta fielded the strongest possible eleven at Anfield, having in mind that at least four first-teamers were unavailable for the game with injuries. They set up to attack on the counter, with Aubameyang being the main threat, as was the case in their last three match-ups, but Klopp's men proved too strong to make the treble against the champions. Nevertheless, Arsenal have plenty of reasons to be cheerful under Mikel Arteta, encouraged by last season's FA Cup win and a good start to this term. This was an illustration of how far they still have got to go and why it is perfectly understandable why Arteta is not getting carried away, pointing out just how much rebuilding still needs to be done. Next for them are bottom-of-the-table Sheffield and the win here is imperative as they next have visits to Manchester City and Manchester United and a home game against leaders Leicester.
As for Sheffield Utd, they surpassed their wildest expectations last season in their return to the top division and now they have a dreaded second season ahead, which was costly for many former PL clubs. The Blades need to quickly get over disappointment from their defeats against Wolves,Villa and Leeds and in Chris Wilder they have a manager who’ll know how to get them back to winning ways. However, it will be awfully hard to repeat the last year's campaign and more realistically, the number one goal for 20/21 will be to ensure they stay up comfortably. Sheffield United, who have never previously failed to score in their opening three league fixtures, are absolute underdogs against highly ambitious Arsenal, but a good performance at the Emirates can get them back on the right track.
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And now, for some facts and stats. So far, the two sides have met 7 times, but most recently, as in last decade, they played only three times last year. Overall, the Gunners have won 4 and the Blades won 2 matches , while 1 match ended in a draw. However, Arsenal only won their the FA Cup tie last year, while in the league the Gunners drew at home and lost in Sheffield.
Arsenal have won 52% of their last 21 home games (W11-D5-L5) and Sheffield Utd have lost only 18% of their last 15 away fixtures (W6-D7-L3).
In their last 3 H2H's, Arsenal haven't kept a clean sheet against Sheffield Utd, while Sheffield Utd scored once in all three games. Both teams have scored in 2 out of 3 H2H's and 70% of Arsenal 's last 20 home games finished with Both teams scoring (W6-D2-L6), while Sheffield Utd had 45% of BTTS results in the same period (W1-D1-L7)
Finally, when these sides have faced each other, there has been an average of 2.71 goals per game. Out of these, Arsenal have scored an average of 2.14 goals, while Sheffield Utd have averaged 0.57.
My prediction: Arsenal win
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