Arsenal take on the visitors Brighton in the 1/16-finals of EFL Cup. The match will be played on Wednesday, November 9th at Emirates Stadium (London).
It is still not clear exactly how Arsenal and Mikel Arteta are set up for this tournament. Before that, the Gunners had everything clearly distributed. The main team played in the Premier League, and did it successfully: they managed to meet November in 1st place in the standings. And with victories over opponents of the level of Tottenham and Liverpool in the asset. Albeit in combination with a misfire against Manchester United and Southampton. The victory over Chelsea was already the 11th in 13 matches played at this level. At the same time, in the mid-week, within the framework of the Europa League, the reservists were proving their level. Most likely, the Spaniard will not change anything, and now the reservists will come out again to prove their professional suitability. And the key players will be preparing to show the maximum result with Wolverhampton and go on a long pause, right up to Christmas.
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Brighton sold a number of key players in the summer. But he was able to replace Maupay with Cucurella, and even Bissum without any problems. And the start of the season at the "seagulls" was a feast for the eyes. This, it seems, was the decisive argument in favor of Graham Potter replacing the sacked Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea. De Zerbi became the new manager at Albion. And, starting with a bright 3-3 draw with Liverpool, then the Italian received more and more criticism. With Roberto, the team lost not only to Tottenham and Manchester City, but also to Brentford, and did not score against Nottingham Forest, playing in the end 0-0 with a newcomer to the Premier League. And then suddenly Brighton beat the new team of former mentor, defeating the Blues 4-1 on October 29! And then in a cheerful, bright game there was a victory over Wolverhampton - it all ended with a score of 3-2.
Arsenal are a fairly convenient opponent for Brighton. The Seagulls have won 4 of the last 9 matches with only a couple of losses in this stretch. The Seagulls took 4 points in the last draw of the Premier League. Bookmakers consider Arsenal to be the favorite, but perhaps it makes sense for the Gunners to abandon the additional workload and leave their forces in the Premier League? We recommend betting on "over 2.5 goals scored".
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
