Arsenal vs Hull City Preview

February 19, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

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The weekend’s FA Cup action kicks off at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon as Premier League title favourites Arsenal take on Championship promotion hopefuls Hull City.

The fixture is a repeat of the 2014 final, which the Gunners won by three goals to two after extra time at Wembley, twelve months before beating Aston Villa at the same venue.

The sides also met in the third round of last season’s competitions, with the North London side winning 2-0.

The Gunners’ win over Burnley in the fourth round last month was their fourteenth in a row in this competitions, while they beat Sunderland in round three.

Arsene Wenger is likely to rest a number of his first team players with Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Barcelona in mind.

Danny Welbeck could make his first start of the season after coming off the bench to score the winner against Leicester City last weekend while January signing Mohamed Elneny could also feature.

Theo Walcott is priced at 6.5 (11/2) to open the scoring, with Welbeck a 7.0 (6/1) shot with Bet 365.

The home win is a 1.6 (6/10) chance with William Hill with the visitors as highly priced as the 7.0 (6/1) on offer from Bet 365, who have the draw at 4.33 (10/3).

The Tigers go in to this match on the back of seven wins from their last nine games, two of which being their cup triumphs against Brighton and Hove Albion and Bury.

Nick Powell is set to make his debut for Steve Bruce’s side though fellow loanees Chuba Akpom and Isaac Hayden are ineligible to face their parent club.

Top scorer Abel Hernandez is 10.5 (21/2) to get the first goal of the game with 888 Sport ahead of Powell, who is a 19.0 (181/) chance with Paddy Power.

Arsenal have scored at least twice in all but one of their previous meetings with Hull, so you may be tempted to back them to do so this time at a price of 1.7 (7/10) with Coral.

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