Arsenal vs Leicester City Preview

February 12, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

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First meets third at midday on Sunday as Leicester City travel to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal.

The hosts go into the game on the back of last weekend’s win at Bournemouth – their first victory in five games.

They can close the gap between themselves and their opponents to two points with victory, while anything less could see them end the day in fourth place with fellow top four occupants Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur facing off in the final match of the weekend.

Francis Coquelin could be recalled after recovering from injury while Danny Welbeck is in line for his first appearance of the season after a long lay-off with a knee problem.

Olivier Giroud is favourite to open the scoring at 5.0 (4/1) with a variety of firms, ahead of 6.0 (5/1) chance Alexis Sanchez.

The home win is 1.8 (4/5) with Betfred with the visitors as highly priced as the 5.0 (4/1) on offer from Bet 365. The draw can be backed at 4.1 (31/10) with 888 Sport.

Claudio Ranieri’s men once again upset the odds to beat previous title favourites Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium last weekend and another win here would surely win over anyone who refuses to believe that the East Midlands outfit could go all the way.

They go into the weekend five points clear of second place Tottenham, and the bookmakers have them tied with Arsene Wenger’s side as favourites to win the title.

The Foxes could be unchanged from that win a week ago though new signing Daniel Amartey could be named among the substitutes.

Jamie Vardy is 7.5 (13/2) with Bet 365 to get the first goal of the game with Riyad Mahrez a 12.0 (11/1) chance with the same firm.

Arsenal handed Leicester one their two league defeats in the reverse fixture at the King Power Stadium back in September, winning by five goals to two.

That was the sixth time in a row where both teams have scored in this fixture and you can back that outcome this time around at a widely available priced of 1.75 (3/4).

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