Arsenal take on the visitors PSV in the postponed round 2 match of UEFA Europa League group stage. The match will be played on Thursday, October 20th at Emirates Stadium (London).
Arsenal will obviously pay more attention to the English Premier League. There it turned out to give an incredibly successful start. The Gunners won all 5 first matches, securing the 1st place in the standings. Further, however, followed by the defeat of Manchester United. But this did not bother the wards of Mikel Arteta. They won again - not only against Brentford, but also against the giants, Tottenham and Liverpool. With Leeds, too, it was possible to squeeze out a victory, although it was really difficult. Against this background, the fight in the Europa League is fought mainly by reservists, from Turner in goal to Loconga, Marquinhos and Fabio Vieira in the field. But for now, this is enough: the Gunners beat Bodo/Glimt twice and won 2-1 with Zurich in Switzerland. In fact, the "red-whites" have already reached the playoffs, the only question is from what place.
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PSV have been seriously updated again in the summer. This time, the mentor also changed. Moreover, instead of the experienced Roger Schmidt, Ruud van Nistelrooy came. This is, of course, a legendary striker, but at the same time, as a coach, he takes only the first independent steps. The debut was magical: 5-3 with Ajax in the Dutch Super Cup, and in Amsterdam. But then the results were contradictory: in the Eredivisie, the backlog from the leaders is gradually growing. Yes, and in the Champions League they flew out in qualification, at home, in Eindhoven, losing 0-1 to the Rangers. But in the Europa League, everything is going well so far. Yes, with "Bodo/Glimt" in Holland they were limited to only 1-1. But Zurich were beaten devastatingly in both fights: 5-1 away, 5-0 at home a week ago. It is obvious that it is with the Norwegians that there will be a dispute for the 2nd place in the quartet. And to increase the chances of winning it, it does not hurt to cling to the points with the favorite from London.
The teams played a number of head-to-heads at the beginning of the century: three times in 2002-2007. At first, Arsenal were twice better, in victory and in a draw. But in the last duel, in the 1/8 finals, the Dutch did better: 1-0 at home, 1-1 away. Bookies are not expecting PSV to be able to stop Arsenal. Yes, the Gunners may again have reserves on the field, but so far they have coped - we bet that the hosts will win with a handicap of "-1 goal scored".
Prediction for the match: Arsenal to win with -1.0 handicap.
