Arsenal fans are dreaming of winning the Premier League for the primary time in 22 years after one other wonderful weekend but could they really do the double?
No, not the lauded achievement of success in each the league and FA Cup in the identical season, which they achieved in 1970/71, 1997/98 and in 2001/2002, or the lesser success of claiming the FA Cup and the League Cup in 1992/93. This may very well be much greater with Gunners in with a sensible likelihood of winning each the title and the Champions League.
Their superb summer business means they’ve the strength in depth to beat the injuries, suspensions and lack of form which may cripple even the largest clubs down the stretch and now all they require is the mental strength to avoid their annual collapse under pressure.
Saturday teatime’s 1-0 win at Fulham has put the Gunners three points clear of Manchester City in second with defending champions Liverpool 4 behind in fourth following their 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester United.
Arsenal are actually odds-on favourites to win the title at no higher than 5/6 with Betway while they’re as short as 8/13 with BetVictor, and so they head into this week’s Champions League group games riding on the crest of a wave like the perfect surfers having fun with the sun-kissed life in Hawaii.
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The foundations of their current success has been built on a rock-solid defence which has been breached just 3 times in eight league matches and under no circumstances in European outings against Athletic Bilbao and Olympiakos and so they now entertain Atletico Madrid managed by Diego Someone – generally heralded because the master at shutting out opponents.
Nonetheless, while the Rojiblanco have scored in all 11 matches this season, Saturday’s 1-0 La Liga success at home to Osasuna was only the second time they’ve kept a clean sheet and Arsenal look a very good thing to win outright at 8/13 with Betfred and Unibet while a 2-0 home win is 13/2 with Betfred and a victory to nil is 13/8 with StarSports and Bresbet.
Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres has yet to hit top gear in a red and white shirt, having scored just 3 times since his big move from Sporting and he hasn’t celebrated a goal in nine matches for club and country.
He’s removed from being a flop though and is 9/2 with Unibet to interrupt the deadlock and 29/20 with 888Sport to attain at any time to offer his profession in N5 a kickstart.
As for winning the Champions League, last 12 months’s semi-finalists are 6/1 second favourites across the board. Interesting.
Champions League odds
Nick Woltemade and Erling Haaland each landed our bets on them to attain on the weekend with the Manchester City and Norway striker also hitting the primary goal as predicted.
Hardly rocket science but let’s not overthink the probabilities of them continuing to search out the web after they turn their attentions to Champions League opposition and Newcastle marksman Woltemade is 9/2 with Unibet to interrupt the deadlock at home to Benfica and 6/4 with Sky Bet to attain at any time while Newcastle are 8/13 to win with William Hill.
Manchester City are rediscovering their best form and are 8/11 with multiple firms to realize maximum points at Villarreal where Haaland is 16/5 with Unibet to bag the primary goal and 4/5 with Ladbrokes, Coral, Betway, and more to attain at any time.
Championship football odds
Championship leaders Coventry face a tough trip to Fratton Park to face a Portsmouth side which plays as much as its best against the higher opposition, but Frank Lampard’s Sky Blues look good at 7/10 with BetMGM to return home with full points.
The prolific Haji Wright is 6/4 with 888Sport to attain for the visitors and Yang Min-Hyeok is 5/1 with Sky Bet to answer for Pompey while a 2-1 away win is 15/2 with bet365.
Each teams to attain is 4/6 with the identical firm and Betfred and a Coventry win/BTTS is 5/2 with William Hill.
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