Arsenal and Leeds both look to continue their winning start to the season as they meet at Emirates Stadium.
Following opening weekend wins, victory will definitely see either Arsenal or Leeds definitely stay in the top ten.
Team News
Kai Havertz is ruled out indefinitely for Arsenal after he suffered a knee injury in training.
Ben White (knock) faces a late fitness check but Gabriel Jesus (knee) and Christian Norgaard (knock) remain sidelined.
Leeds will be without captain, Ethan Ampadu after he suffered a knee injury in their 1-0 home win over Everton.
Jaka Bijol is back from suspension but Dominic Calvert-Lewin (fitness) is a doubt.
Sebastiiaan Bornauw (calf) is still ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Arsenal host Leeds on Saturday 23 August at 3pm BST, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League meetings against Leeds (W7, D1).
- Leeds are yet to win away at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium across eight previous visits in all competitions (D1, L7).
- Arsenal are yet to keep a Premier League clean sheet against Leeds at the Emirates Stadium.
- Declan Rice has scored in each of Arsenal’s last two home games (W1, L1).
- Leeds have won just one of their last 11 league visits to London-based clubs (W1, D1, L9).
Prediction
Whilst their attack wasn’t exactly firing on all cylinders in a pretty lucky win at Manchester United via Ricardo Calafiori’s excellent header from Altay Bayindir’s error, Arsenal’s defence were certainly gutsy against a dominant Utd attack which is a huge positive for Mikel Arteta.
Leeds meanwhile absolutely dominated Everton in terms of attack but often lacked a sharp clinical edge in open play and were frankly lucky to even win via an undeserved penalty, as James Tarkowski certainly didn’t deliberately handball courtesy to VAR’s deluded view.
Daniel Farke’s Whites therefore will need to be more clinical here because this is likely to be the first clear test of their defensive ability with little possession than last time out, but I do expect Arsenal to be more polished in front of their home crowd.
Prediction: Arsenal 2-1 Leeds
Result: Arsenal 5-0 Leeds
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