Top Two Meet in Europa League Group B
Arsenal vs Molde FK - 05/11/2020
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We have a full selection of Europa League fixtures on Thursday night, two of which take place in Group B. Arsenal welcome Molde to the Emirates Stadium in a battle of the teams currently at the top of the group.
Both teams come into the game with a 100% record on 6 points and the winner will take a huge step towards the knockout stages.
Arsenal started their Europa League campaign with an away fixture against Rapid Wien in Austria. The Gunners fell a goal behind in the 51st minute but got back into the match with a goal of their own 19 minutes later. Arsenal went on to score the winning goal with 16 minutes remaining of the game.
Mikel Arteta’s team then played what is arguably their easiest fixture of the group, Dundalk at home. It took a while for Arsenal to make the breakthrough but having scored 2 goals just before half time, they added a third immediately in the second half to secure 3 points.
Arsenal will enter this game in a confident mood having recorded a 1-0 victory at Manchester United on the weekend. It was an important win following the 1-0 defeat at home against Leicester City in their previous Premier League match.
Trends show Arsenal have seen over 2.5 goals in 4 of their last 5 home Europa League games. Both teams have scored in 3 of their last 4 Europa League matches at the Emirates Stadium.
Molde travel to London having picked up a narrow 1-0 home victory against Rapid Wien last time out in the Europa League. With the score 0-0 at half time, Molde made the breakthrough in the 65th minute and managed to see out the match to take maximum points.
That win added to their previous success at Dundalk, on matchday one. Molde came from behind with two second half goals to defeat the Irish club 2-1 in Dublin.
Molde are currently second in the Norwegian Eliteserien table and are on a run of 6 consecutive victories in all competitions. Trends show Molde have seen over 2.5 goals scored in their last 4 away matches in the Europa League. They have managed to find the back of the net themselves in each of their last 4 away Europa League games but have failed to keep a clean sheet.
Looking ahead to the team news and Arsenal will be without the injured Calum Chambers, Gabriel Martinelli, and Pablo Mari Villar. David Luiz is a doubt. Expect to see Arteta make changes from the starting XI on the weekend
Molde travel without Kristoffer Haraldseid who has a knee injury. Every other player should be fit and available for the Norwegian club.
Arsenal face a Molde team who may have less quality in terms of individual talent but have been in good form as a team. If Arsenal are below full strength, Molde could make it a difficult night for the Premier League club and we expect to see both teams score. However, with the talent available from the bench Arsenal should come out on top.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
UEL
422830
1
2 - 1
2.84
8°
1.30
1.30
6.40
11.00
-1
1
1
4 - 1(1 - 1)
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