Brighton right - back Bruno and midfielder Dale Stephens are set to miss the Championship play - offs
semi-final first leg at home to Derby with groin and ankle problems respectively.
Considering that we were knocked out by a very unfancied Monaco team last time, you would say no, but if you think back to that
killer first leg at home and the hatful of chances missed by Olivier Giroud, you could say that a top striker would have seen us in the quarter - finals.
Facing a team like Fiorentina that always seems to give Juve a good battle in the midfield the last few years, the important of Pogba being, well, Pogba is just that much more important if they want to have a
positive first leg at home.
November 19: Tevez is left out of Shenhua's squad for the Cup
final first leg at home with no reason given by the club.
So as long as we avoid disaster in
the first leg at home and Monaco need to score in France, it should be the quarter - finals here we come.
Teams shown first will play
the first leg at home.
We need to win
our first leg at home by all means.
Arsenal should not expect it be attack against defence though, because in
the first leg at home the Saints were the better side and created a lot of chances, so we must be ready.
Maybe it is time for Mister Wenger to break out the video of
our first leg at home against Monaco to really hammer home the danger of being complacent.
Out in
the first leg at home is a real embarrassment.
The Gunners played
the first leg at home and beat Roma by 1 - 0.
Spurs added an insurance goal in
the first leg at home, but collapsed in the second half.
ECL last 16 beaten after
the first leg at home is not nearly.
A fair price would have been Arsenal +250 or +300, so being able to grab them at +400 odds, especially with
the first leg at home, has some good value.
Seven times before in Europe they have lost
the first leg at home in a tie and have managed to turn around the situation just once.
Arsenal have won 15 of their 17 previous two - legged ties in Europe after having won
the first leg at home.
Prediction: The Italians have to be a bit wary in this one but it is
the first leg at home which is likely to give them an average.
Lazio are 7/10 odds on at bet36 * (betting odds taken on March 16th, 2018 at 9:39 p.m.) to win
the first leg at home and that could be important because the Austrians are undefeated at home in this season's Europa League.
Portugese side took a 3 - 1 lead in
the first leg at home and send shockwaves in Germany.
Arsenal meet Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Europa League semi-finals with
the first leg at home on Thursday 26 April.
They stunned mighty Bayern 3 - 1 in
the first leg at home before going down 6 - 1 in the second leg in Munich
Académica saw off Oliveirense with a 1 - 0 win in
the first leg at home and a 2 - 2 draw in the second leg on the road.
FC Barcelona will be playing
the first leg at home and that means Atletico has a slight advantage of the seconds leg being a home affair.
This was the fourth year in a row when Arsenal lost their last - 16
first leg at home, simply because they were too desperate to win a game they could have drawn.
«Until we have always had
the first leg at home [this season] and we have gone through in the ties.
They'll hope to take advantage of having
the first leg at home, as they did three years ago when they knocked Real out at the semifinal stage to reach the showpiece in Berlin.
It was Dortmund who won through on that occasion, helped by a fantastic four goal haul from Robert Lewandowski in
the first leg at home.
They keep knocking themselves out by losing
the first leg at home, because they are too desperate for a lead.
Losing 2 - 1 in
the first leg at home gives Valencia a major disadvantage for their second leg tie against Paris Saint Germain this Wednesday, but that won't stop El Che's tactician Ernesto Valverde in urging his players to fight and give their best in the match.
At
the first leg at the home venue, they made draw against the English club by 2 — 2 goals.
Atletico will play
their first leg at home against Sporting after cruising past another Russian side, Lokomotiv Moscow, 8 - 1 in the round of 16.
Liverpool are W29 L5 from previous two - legged ties in Europe when they have won
the first leg at home.
• Arsenal have won
the first leg at home in 17 UEFA competition ties and have made further progress on 15 of those occasions, including in all four knockout rounds en route to the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup final (against Nantes, Deportivo La Coruña, Bremen and Lens).
Having been pounded 3 - 1 in
the first leg at home by a might Bayern Munich side, there was only pride to play for at the Allianz Arena for Arsenal.
The rossoneri fell 2 - 0 in
the first leg at home to Arsenal and face a tough uphill climb ahead.