Arsenal take on the visitors Southampton in the round 32 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Friday, April 21st at Emirates Stadium (London).
Arsenal have gone years without the Champions League. And a return to the top 4 of the EPL would make the season a success. But it's said that appetite, including in football, comes with eating. The London club quickly achieved a solo leadership position and maintained it all the time, so even 2nd place will already have a serious taste of failure. It's possible that's why the team wasn't particularly upset about being eliminated from the cups or in March from the Europa League when the favorite lost on penalties to Lisbon's "Sporting" after a pair of draws at home. Everyone sacrificed for the sake of making the final stretch in the EPL as easy as possible. It couldn't be ignored that, for example, in the last season, missteps at the end cost them 4th place and the right to finally return to the Champions League. It seemed that this time Zinchenko and company were better prepared, and April began with a confident 4-1 victory over "Leeds". But they squandered a 2-goal lead against "Liverpool". At least that can be explained by the level of the opponent. But then they repeated the same with "West Ham" - again losing 2 points in a similar scenario.
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Southampton were supposed to have a completely different season. While Arsenal exceeded all expectations by suddenly becoming the sole leader of the Premier League, the team from St. Mary's, on the contrary, was unexpectedly disappointing. After all, everything was in place for them to seriously compete for European competitions - a traditionally well-functioning selection service and a strong and experienced coach in Hasenhüttl were joined by a finally available source of funds. The new owner, Sholak, spent not exorbitant amounts, but actively enough. However, in reality, the Austrian coach had to be fired due to a failed start, and his successor, Nathan Jones, could not fix the situation. Yes, there were decent performances in the cup, where Southampton traditionally performs well. But in the Premier League, the team plummeted to the bottom of the table. Under Ruben Selese, who became "acting" in February, there were a few successes that revived hope. But after the break for national team matches, there were again defeats - not only to Manchester City, but also to a potential competitor, West Ham. As a result, Southampton fell to last place again. Hodgson, with Crystal Palace, also had no luck - they lost 0-2.
In the past calendar year, in a pair of games, the "Saints" took 4 out of 6 possible points. But both matches were played at St. Mary's. The "Gunners" should finally break through, and it is unlikely that the guests will be able to prevent this. We bet that in this match, the guests will be able to win with a handicap of "-2 goals."
Prediction for the match: Arsenal to win with -2.0 handicap.
