Arsenal haven't won
a league match away from home in 2018, and the defeat to Newcastle all but assures the Magpies of top - flight football next year.
One thing that I have noticed over the last few matches, particularly so in the Premier
League match away to A.F.C. Bournemouth and the away F.A. Cup tie with Preston North End is that Arsenal seem to struggle with starting quickly in matches.
The Tigers have not won
a league match away at Boro since 1986, though they did win at the Riverside in the FA Cup three seasons ago.
If there is one Arsenal player who you would pick to be able to cope with a heavy workload it would probably be Alexis Sanchez, so even though the Chile international started and almost completed the Premier League clash at home to West Brom on Monday night, he would probably be fine to do the same again in the Europa
League match away to BATE Borisov.
I do not think that we can ignore the fact that Arsenal were under the cosh from the start of our Champions
League match away to Bayern Munich last night.
It was fairly obvious that Arsenal were not at our brilliant best in the Premier
League match away to Stoke City today, even though we did have a few decent chances to score the goal that would have meant all three points coming back to north London from the Potteries.
After a tough week which saw Arsene Wenger pick a strong Arsenal side to face Basel in Switzerland on Wednesday and with a Premier
League match away to Everton coming up on Tuesday, the boss could hardly have asked for a better fixture for this weekend.
Holding was given the nod over Gabriel against Manchester United this weekend, but Mustafi is set to return from injury for Wednesday's Premier
League match away at Southampton, and he may find himself back on the bench.
Is there anybody else on the planet other than Arsene Wenger who thought it was a good idea for Arsenal to start a crucial Premier
League match away to Liverpool without Alexis Sanchez?
12 — Everton are winless in their last 12 Premier
League matches away from home (D6, L6) since beating Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in January.
Manchester United have netted exactly three goals in both of their last two away games in the top - flight and Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored eight goals in his last seven Premier
League matches away from home for Manchester United.
West Ham have won just one of their six final day Premier
League matches away from home (W1 D1 L4).
But they've stumbled recently, failing to win any of their previous three
league matches away from Eastlands − though all three were tricky outings.
Not exact matches
Arsenal come into the game with mixed form, but our players could benefit from being much the fresher with us having completely rotated our XI for the Europa
League on Thursday, while City had a tough
match away to Napoli in midweek.
As Arsenal look to kick off their Champions
League campaign by picking up some points
away to Paris Saint Germain in the first
match of the group phase, there were some concerns about Arsenal's star centre back.
Arsenal Football Club and injury problems have almost become synonymous with each other in recent years, so I suppose we should not have been too surprised to see our first choice goalkeeper pick up an injury in our last Premier
League match, the damaging defeat
away to West Brom.
But comparing Olympic teams is hardly like
matching up the National
League East, in which everybody has 25 players and 81 games, home and
away.
Arsenal have a massive week ahead starting with today's FA Cup
match at home to Watford, followed by our trip to Barcelona in midweek, and then a massive game
away at Everton in the
League next weekend.
I appreciate the talent of Bellerin as much as the next man but let's not forget this is an
away match in the Champions
League against the next best team in the group.
The Gunners will be hoping history can give them the edge today, with our opponents only having won once
away to us in the
league in 45 years, but I would much prefer to have the better recent form coming into the
match...
The Portuguese tactician has claimed to be prioritising the Europa
League competition, where his side are three
matches away from lifting the trophy, which would in - turn earn them a place in the elite European competition.
The Bluebirds have the second best
away record in the Championship so far this campaign and are unbeaten in their last four
league matches, with Neil Warnock's side suddenly emerging as potential promotion candidates.
All three of our
away games in Europe are to be played on Tuesday, leaving plenty of time for the team to recover before the next
league match and although one of those
matches is the north London derby it is at the Emirates stadium and is going to be played on the Sunday, so the European game should not affect our chances, especially as it is against Lodogorets, the weakest team in the group.
The loss at home to Watford earlier in the week however was an expected three points, with the Hornets having not won an
away match in the
league since October, while we had won six and drawn one of our previous seven in all competitions.
Facts are facts and our position in the premier
league its a fact but also the fact that we loose on home turf is a fact standing with billboards at games and breaking the unit up is a crime in my eyes we become a laughing stoke as the saying goes there is many ways to skin a cat and skinning the cat with billboards at home games or
away games is totally preposterous We need to do things in a professional manner and with respect In
matches we need to united and loud behind our club an Arsenal colorful fortress were players feed from our supporters electric form A
match game the Emirates Stadium isn't the cinema
Maybe that sounds overly intense for a
league match on a Wednesday night in mid-October with playoffs still close to three weeks
away.
The Swans came into the
match with a sturdy defensive record
away from the Liberty Stadium in the Premier
League, and it looked like they may be able to utilise that into a win at half - time, but our boys were not going to give up any points without a fight.
Roberto Martinez is hoping to pull his Latics side
away from the drop zone and clearly he feels that the best way to do that is to bring in a player who may be able to boost and attack that has managed just 19 goals in 22 Premier
League matches thus far this season.
We are just 7 days
away from the
League match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, which could make or break our chances of catching our neighbours up in the title race, but conversely this FA Cup game against Southampton could also be just as important.
The newspaper report that the fixture compilers have not been kind to Manchester United this summer, handing them six tricky
away matches after each of their Champions
League group games.
It has come down to this, the easiest way to qualify for the champions
league group stages is to draw both
matches of the next 3 ties 1 - 1
away and 0 - 0 at home, then win the final on penalties.
The Hammers have won just one of their last five
away league matches.
The Gunners have lost 6 of their last 8
matches, including the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City, the return
match in Europa
League's Round of 32 against Östersunds FK and last Sunday's Premier
League away game against Brighton & Hove Albion.
They have already secured the top spot in Group K of the UEFA Europa
League, as the only team that can
match their points tally of nine is Napoli, and Liverpool's head to head record against the Italians of an
away draw and a home win mean they can not be overtaken.
This season has been a failure, we are only 2 or 3
matches away from losing a Champions
league spot.
Arsenal lost two
away games in a row to go nine points behind the
league leaders Chelsea as they were beaten by the gallant Manchester City side who rallied from behind to beat Arsenal 2 - 1 in the
match.
The Swans come into the
match on the back of four losses from their last five in all competitions, but at the same time, they have only conceded one Premier
League goal
away from home this term, including 0 - 0 draws at Southampton and Tottenham.
For quite a long time of this Premier
League away game, Arsenal and all our talented and creative players were held at bay and
matched by the hard working, determined and well drilled home side.
We appear to be prioritising our Premier
League fixtures over the
away matches in the Europa, and while winning all our home
matches should put us comfortably through to the next stage, our fringe players will not be going out tonight without the intention of three points.
The club is also providing an additional # 4 discount to Arsenal supporters attending
away Premier
League matches, in addition to the # 30 cap on
away tickets announced by the Premier
League.
arsenal have scored 37 goals after 24
matches, the top 3 teams all score 44 or above... arsenal give
away only 21 goals, top 3 give
away average of 25, our problem is not mert, flamini... all the players we seem to hate, our defense is number 3 in the
league, our problem is we can not score
This will ensure Arsenal fans will pay a maximum of # 26 when travelling to
away Premier
League matches.
On the eve of the biggest
match of the season, Liverpool found a way to beat the rumours and talk
away with a stick and defeat Real Madrid in a massive
away match that could go a long way to deciding Liverpool's fate in the Champions
League.
The player you «still have faith in», Oxlade - Chamberlain, has scored 7 goals in 100
league matches for us (when he got 9 in 36 as a teenager for Southampton & clearly has not improved), has one goal & zero assists this season in 22
matches, gives the ball
away a few times every game.
«If» we had defended better and drawn our
away matches at Everton, Liverpool and Man City we would have won the
league.
But we should have beaten Liverpool in the second leg.There was also no justification of that.We might as well lose all our
matches against the big teams and justify on the basis of it being a
match against a big team.I mean home and
away defeats is just unacceptable.Champions must also find ways to possibly win all their
matches against the big teams no matter which ever way it goes.This is because that can make all the difference in winning the
league.
I know that Arsene Wenger has a well deserved reputation for backing his players and that certainly goes down well in the Arsenal dressing room, but with the Gunners all but mathematically out of the race for the Premier
League title, our Champions
League exploits are more important than ever and with Mesut Ozil in poor form and suffering a crisis of confidence, an
away match against Bayern Munich is not the right time for the manager to stick with him.
He scored a hat trick
away from home in a Champions
League match only to be benched in 4 consecutive
matches in the Premier
League.
but winning such a
match would be left to the second string attackers and thats what Xhaka and Ramsey are made of... capacity to steal the
match away from a harassed opposition... I went with them because i want to be sure we shall score against spurs — the meanest defense in the
league right now...
It was always going to be a tough test for Arsenal in our next Premier
League match, because it is
away to Liverpool and we have not got a very good record at Anfield.