Arsenal take on the visitors Leicester in the round 1 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, August 13th at Emirates Stadium (London).
Arsenal last season was able, on the one hand, to add quite noticeably. On the other hand, this progress was not enough to return to the quartet of the best in Albion. Moreover, being the favorite in the fight for the 4th place, the "Gunners" in the end actually gave the "Champion League" position to the worst enemy, "Tottenham". However, the improvement shown by the London players in the 2021/2022 draw was enough to keep Mikel Arteta in office. Moreover, he was allowed to conduct a fairly large-scale transfer campaign. The signing of Oleksandr Zinchenko raised questions most of the steps in the “market”. But it was the Ukrainian who gave the first assist in the 1st round. As a result, it turned out to win 2-0 at all, but this result should not be overestimated.
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Leicester causes fans no longer concern, but frank anxiety. In previous seasons, they played under Brendan Rodgers. And twice were very close to climbing into the top 4. Yes, both times it did not work out. It also turned out to give out some kind of compensation in the form of a victory in the FA Cup and the Super Cup. And in the international arena, the "foxes" looked good. But last year there was a frank step back, to 8th place. Moreover, the transfer window was simply ignored by the team for a long time. Moreover, on the eve of the very start of the championship, the local legend, Kasper Schmeichel, left. Yes, there were questions for the Dane last season - but he remained No. 1. The compensation was minimal: Nice laid out only a million! Already without a permanent goalkeeper, they played on Saturday with Brentford. And, having an advantage of 2 goals, in the end they ended up with only a draw.
Arsenal have been able to win all 3 of their last head-to-head matches. Including last season, when the Gunners won twice 2-0. Bookmakers believe that Arsenal should take the victory in this match. Given the problems of Leicester, you can even look at the option that the home team will beat the Foxes with a handicap of "-1 goal".
Prediction for the match: Arsenal to win with -1.0 handicap.