Arsenal vs. Rapid Wien Match preview
Attention will be turned to Europa League action and with sky Cameras focusing on Arsenal hosting Rapid Wien at Emirates Stadium on Thursday night in matchday 5. Arsenal cemented top position in Group B thanks to 3-0 victory over Molde. The Gunners are leading the group with 12 points while the visitors have 6 points and are third placed.
The visitors won 3-1 Against Dundalk in a Europa League match which was played last week.
These teams are coming back from their domestic duties where the host suffered a 2-1 defeat in hands of Wolverhampton while Wien shared the spoils with Austria Wien in Bundesliga.
Match Facts
- Arsenal has won four times, drawn once and lost thrice in their last eight matches in all competition.
- The Gunners have registered four clean-sheets in the last eight matches in all competition.
- Rapid Wien has failed to register any clean-sheet in the last eight matches in all competition.
- Wien has featured in four Europa League matches, won twice and lost twice.
- Arsenal has won the two home matches in Europa League this season.
- Rapid Wien has won one of the two away Europa League matches this season.
Arsenal vs. Rapid Wien Head to Head
These teams have met once; previously in UEFA Europa League whereby Gunners won 2-1 when they visited Wien.
Team News
David Luiz had a horrific clash of head with Raul Jimenez on defeat to Wolves and he is in doubt to feature for the clash.
Thomas Partey is nursing a thigh injury, the defender was expected to return but his injury became more serious than first thought, and is likely to miss the next few games.
Gabriel Martinelli is back in training and is closing in on a return to action, though the attacker is unlikely to take to the pitch before the end of the year.
Calum Chambers has been out since January for Gunners side, but the Englishman turned out for the Under-23 in their win over Derby County on Friday. He is closing to return to the first IX.
Pablo Mari has the similar case as Chambers he is likely to feature in Thursday’s match.
Mohamed Elneny is likely to start for the host for he was able to make the bench against Wolves after recovering from coronavirus, though this time they could be cleared for Thursday’s visit to Vienna.
Kolasinac is rated doubtful after he was tested positive for coronavirus.
Arsenal vs. Rapid Wien Prediction
Arsenal is seen as favorites to win Thursday’s football match against Rapid Wien regardless of which players will be deployed in the starting XI.
Our topbets pundit is predicting a home win and Betway is backing the results with 1.45 odds while 1XBet is giving 1.485 Odds.
Goals –Over 2.5
These two teams have occasionally produced more than two goals in their previous encounters the game ended 2-1 in favor of the Gunners; therefore chances of scoring more than two goals are likely to be recorded.
We expect goals to be produced in this match therefore over 2.5 markets ascertained by our pundits
Betway are backing the goals with 1.40 while 1XBet is placing odds at 1.46.
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