First, congratulations to Real Monarchs» forward Mastanabal Kacher, who netted a brace in
a midweek game against Sounders 2.
Madrid are coming into this game on the back of a exciting 3 - 2 win over Villarreal last weekend and they will be heavy favourites going into
the midweek game against Las Palmas.
Match Preview: Lionel Messi has traveled with the 18 - man squad traveled to Malaga, he pulled out of
the midweek game against Athletico Bilbao with a hamstring problem but expected to start alongside Suarez on saturday afternoon.
On the same day, Spurs Ladies return to action following the postponement of
their midweek game against Millwall Lionesses with a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Women's Super League 2.
They lost first choice defenders Smalling and Darmian in
the midweek game against Wolfsburg.
Match Predictions: After incredible run of 10 consecutive wins, Manchester City finally dropped points in
midweek game against Celtic where they drew 3 - 3 in one of the best games this season.
During
a midweek game against Blackpool, goalie Peter Keen launched a routine clearance that ended up bouncing over Jon Kennedy, his opposite number in the Tangerines» goal, and into the back of the net.
In
a midweek game against Drexel on Feb. 27, Kluh hurt his knee again.
With arsenal still just taking the first few steps on the road to recovery after suffering the worst period the team has had to endure for many a year and setting a few unwanted records for the Arsene Wenger era, we could probably have done without
this midweek game against a side that is not only the reigning Premier League champions but who are quite a bit further down their own road to redemption while still needing some points to make their survival in the top flight completely secure.
With
the midweek game against Besiktas in mind and some of the Arsenal squad still to get up to speed, Arsene Wenger opted for a bit of an experimental selection for the away game with Everton.
As Rifer pointed out on the podcast last week, NYC has
a midweek game against SKC leading into our game.
At least the current league leaders did not win their own
midweek game against Liverpool, but they did get a point and all Arsenal fans know that nothing less than a win will do for us at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
The Gunners are away as well so you can see why we could do with Norwich City winning and as the Saints are involved in two
midweek games against Liverpool for a chance to reach the EFL cup final at Wembley and after their Europa League involvement then we can hope for an FA cup upset.
Tennessee will play two home
midweek games against UT - Martin on Tuesday and Wednesday before going on the road next weekend for a three - game series against LSU.
Not exact matches
Dann has seen his team win their last two home
games against Watford and Middlesbrough, and also beat West Brom and Chelsea away before the loss to the Saints in
midweek, and Dann believes the fans can help cheer them on to another win
against the Gunners tomorrow.
If Chelsea win
against Arsenal, they could seal the title with four
games to go by beating Leicester City at the King Power Stadium in
midweek.
As expected, Arsene Wenger has brought back the players rested for the Champions League
game in
midweek and so Arsenal will start at Stamford Bridge with the same 11 players that won our last Premier League
game against Stoke City.
He has a poor
game for Spain
midweek and that coupled with his display
against Arsenal on the opening day and had led some idiots to question his ability, as though the previous five years had somehow never happened.
It's
midweek and we have to wait until Saturday before the big
game against Chelsea, but the papers are keeping busy with Arsenal transfer rumours to keep themselves amused — so I will pass on today's offerings for discussion.
RSL's last
game is
midweek, home
against Chivas.
That is why it is great news today that Francis Coquelin has recovered more quickly than expected and is back in training, in fact, according to the Mirror today, Francis is even likely to be in the squad for next weekends FA Cup
game against Burnley in preparation for the
midweek League
game against Southampton.
The
game against PSG in
midweek is a big
game to finish top of their Champions League group.
In both
games against their top - four rivals the Merseyside outfit failed to seriously test either goalkeeper and Rodgers wants that to change starting with the
midweek fixture at Ewood Park:
After being dropped for Manchester City's
game against Leicester City in
midweek, club captain Vincent Kompany is the latest big name to find himself benched for poor form, following two awful performances
against Barcelona and Liverpool.
After the Lord Mayor's show of scoring six in
midweek in the Champions League demolition of Ludogorets, the Gunners failed to score in a home
game against Middlesborough.
Arsene Wenger is going to have a dilemma on Tuesday if he is intending to rotate his starting line - up like he has done in Arsenal's last two
midweek games, with the massive
game against League leaders Man United next weekend.
Pep Guardiola's side secured their first win in four
games after comfortably winning 2 - 0
against Watford in
midweek.
However, with respect to the
game against Southampton in
midweek, perhaps the biggest injury boost that has been handed to Arsene Wenger's side is that Morgan Schneiderlin, unarguably the Saints» best player so far this season, is out for the big
game as a result of an abductor injury the French international had picked up during the 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester City at St. Mary's.
Walcott, Monreal and Alex Iwobi
against PSG in
midweek, but the fact is that those players should be fresh and ready to start tomorrows
game without tiredness.
Fresh off becoming the record goalscorer for the England national team in
midweek, Rooney will be looking for his first Premier League goal in 10
games and scoring
against the Merseyside outfit would be perfect for the former Everton striker.
With six goals in our last two
games it certainly looks promising and we will find out if everyone's confidence back when we face Watford tomorrow, and then maybe we'll get 4 or 5
against Barcelona in
midweek??
More good news for Arsenal is the fact that the Tigers also have a
midweek game before they come to the Emirates for the 5th round of the FA cup and it is a massive
game as well,
against another team in the mix for promotion in Brighton.
And Chelsea now have Eden Hazard back from injury and is likely to start after getting a run out in
midweek against Qarabag, Marcus Alonso has been doing a Kolasinac from the wing back position and has scored twice for the Blues, and it looks like Alvaro Morata has taken no time to adapt to the English
game at all and is banging them in.
Next weekend could be massive for us because we have a home
game against Everton after the
midweek Champions League clash with Monaco.
I first thought it was a bit strange that Arsene Wenger dropped Olivier Giroud to the bench
against Leicester in
midweek, and even more surprised that Alexis was moved into the centre - forward position, but Le Boss reckons hat many of his Arsenal team were suffering from fatigue after the Spurs
game.
After the
midweek capitulation, this
game against Swansea has become that much tougher.
The first is also the reason why, even though I want United to win I do not want them to win easily, because their
midweek game is the FA cup replay
against West Ham who Arsenal face away in the Premier League on Saturday.
The poor result on Merseyside has left the door open for the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham in the race for a top - four finish and the former can close the gap on their fiercest rivals to just four points should they win their
game in hand
against relegation strugglers Hull City in
midweek.
Another win in
midweek,
against Southampton, will mean we are unbeaten for 20
games, and more importantly unbeaten in November!
Arsene Wenger has already admitted that he will be using some rotation after our gruelling draw
against PSG in
midweek, so let's look at the team he picked for that
game....
Wolves were disappointing in
midweek, managing only a draw at home
against struggling Hull, and they'll face an uphill struggle away at Cardiff who have won seven consecutive home league
games.
Salah made it 16 goals in his last 14
games for club and country with a strike for Egypt
against Portugal in
midweek.
Arsenal v West Brom «It seems almost inconceivable that Arsenal would go three home
games without finding the back of the opposition net, but they looked jaded and out of sorts
against the Black Cats
midweek and will be hoping for a confidence booster before Wembley next weekend.»
After just one point from their last two League
games, Arsenal really have to get back on track
against Norwich City on Sunday just like they did in the Champions League this
midweek.
It was always going to be a balancing act for Arsenal in the second Europa League quarter - final
against CSKA Moscow, with a 4 - 1 lead almost securing progress but the other
midweek games offering a telling reminder of what can happen in football.
We finally have a win under our belt
against one of the bigger teams in
midweek and I expect that to propel us onto better things starting with the
game at the Hawthorns.
I watched Man City's
game against Swansea and it seems to me that they are lucky to win the match.Maybe it was due to their
game in
Midweek too All the same, they are going down @ the Emirates!!
The forward was hauled off 13th minutes after Arsenal's (Iwobi) goal to make it 0 - 4 for Arsenal in
midweek against Basel to signal his importance in the
game and where Arsenal's focus lies with Stoke's visit in mind.
Yes there can be discontent at situations, and during
midweeks it is all fine and good to voice them, but if every
game day we all came together, whether in your homes, local pubs, or those lucky enough to go to a
game live (something I wish someday to do) and fight for one another instead of
against, there's no telling what this team can not achieve.
The Europa League
game against Red Star Belgrade this week could have been an ideal chance for Chambers to be eased back in for a relatively low - priority match, but the club could really be starved of options if they choose to rotate once again for their
midweek European ties.