Let's see what the crowd is like on Thursday and
our next home League match, shall we?
Not exact matches
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.
So judging by the fact that it was the French central midfield star Francis Coquelin sat
next to the boss today ahead of the Champions
League match at
home to Ludogorets Razgrad, I assume that Le Coq is set for his first Arsenal start since picking up a knee injury in the Premier
League win over Chelsea.
There has been and will continue to be an awful lot of talk among Arsenal fans and in the football press about various behind the scenes goings on at our club, but right now the manager and the players need to focus on the
next match and taking all three Premier
League points from our
home game against Manchester City.
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.
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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.
If Arsenal do as we expect them to this weekend and run out as winners of the
home game against a struggling Southampton side getting used to their new manager Claude Puel, while he gets used to the English Premier
League for the first time, then we will be heading into the
next round of
matches a bit closer to at least one of our big spending Premier
League rivals.
After Arsene Wenger and the players were jeered off the pitch by the Arsenal fans after the
home defeat by Liverpool last weekend, the pressure is obviously on for the Gunners to bounce straight back and take all three points from our
next Premier
League match.
The Gunners travelled to the German capital to take on Bayern in their opening leg of their Champions
League knockout
match - up, but have come
home knowing they have a huge mountain to climb when they face them at the Emirates
next month.
Our
next match is at
home to Middlesbrough, who should be more cannon fodder as they are winless in their last 5
League games, and swiftly followed by our
League Cup game at
home to Reading.
The 27 - year old was probably set to start the Champions
League clash with Ludogorets on Wednesday anyway, and then the EFL cup clash visit of Reading
next week, but do you think he should also get to play in the Premier
League match at
home to Middlesborough on Saturday?
Paris St Germain have been hit with a partial stadium closure for their
next European
home match as a result of crowd incidents during their Champions
League defeat to Real Madrid this month.
Today could mark their 50th victory over United at White Hart Lane, which would be a fitting send - off for the team who will be playing all
home matches on the hallowed turf of Wembley
next season, which did not hold much luck for them in the UEFA Champions
League and the UEFA Europa
League this season.
Our
next home match will be against Manchester City in our Champions
League clash!
Manchester United's dramatic FA Cup win over Crystal Palace means that West Ham have qualified for
next season's Europa
League — the Hammers will play their
home matches at the Olympic Stadium for the first time.
Next up in the
league for Mourinho's men is a very winnable
home match against West Ham, and then the big one: Man City away on 3rd February.
Support the team as they aim to continue the 100 % start to the season at our
next home match in the Premier
League against Watford on Saturday 29th August at 3 pm.
Form guide • Arsenal's eight -
match unbeaten
home run in UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa
League matches (W6 D2) came to an end in the round of 32 with a 2 - 1 defeat by Östersund, but they bounced back by beating Milan 3 - 1 and CSKA 4 - 1 in the
next two rounds.
«I still think we are strong at
home, that's my feeling and looking to the
next season I think it is a good feeling to know we don't lose many
matches, it is good to know we have a fantastic run of 20 unbeaten
matches in the Premier
League,» he said.
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next round following a 4 - 0
home defeat in the first leg of a Champions
League knockout tie
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Ironically, they probably could have done without a
home fixture
next time out, as while their record at The Reebok is outstanding for the 2010/2011 term (W9 D5 L2), not to mention winning their last four
home league games on the spin, the players are likely to be greeted by a lukewarm reception on Sunday, with disgruntled supporters still coming to terms with last Sunday's woeful display in unquestionably the club's biggest
match since the turn of the Millennium.
Costa had denied the charge but the FA's decision to uphold it means that he will now miss Chelsea's
next three games against Walsall in tomorrow night's Capital One Cup tie, Saturday's evening Premier
League fixture against Newcaslte United and the Blues» home match in the league against Southampton a week on Sat
League fixture against Newcaslte United and the Blues»
home match in the
league against Southampton a week on Sat
league against Southampton a week on Saturday.
This means an extra # 750 will be on offer at Town's
next Premier
League home match against Manchester City.
Maintaining a place in the Europa
League this season will be the main aim, which will then give United another two
matches to play
next month, meaning that there will be no periods of rest between the Swansea City (
home)
match and the Arsenal (away)
match between the 30th April and the 7th May.
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.
Massimiliano Allegri insists that Juve need to be fully focused on tomorrow's
match at
home to Palermo before turning attentions to
next Wednesday's Champions
League encounter against Porto