Arsenal Vs Leicester City: Moment To Puncak And Lengserkan Man City

Arsenal are targeting Leicester City to take over the throne of Manchester City's standings. (X/@Arsenal)

JAKARTA - Arsenal have ambitions to hunt down the teams above it and even remove Manchester City from the throne of the English Premier League standings. In order to reach the moment to the top, Arsenal will have to beat Leicester City in the match at the Emirates Stadium, Saturday, September 28, 2024 evening WIB.

Arsenal's confidence is getting stronger. Even though he failed to win and was only able to draw 2-2 against Man City, Arsenal's mentality and morale were getting boosted.

In the match that took place at the Etihad, Arsenal showed their best game. Even the Gunners were able to dominate over Man City who acted as hosts. Unfortunately, victory in sight just disappeared after defender Man City John Stones scored a goal in the 90+8 minute.

The failure to win made Arsenal fail to win the top spot. The North London club is still stuck in fourth place with 11. They are two points adrift with Man City at the top.

However, Mikel Arteta's team did not falter. While competing in the Carabao Cup, Arsenal continued to perform optimally by slaughtering the club from the lower division, Bolton Wanderers 5-1. This victory became Declan Rice et al's valuable capital while serving Leicester.

The problem is, Arteta could not field the best squad in the match. Goalkeeper David Raya was the last player to pull over after suffering a muscle injury in the match against Man City. The injury made Raya absent against Bolton.

Hanya, Raya kemungkinan tidak dimainkan karena Arteta mempersiapkannya saat Arsenal menghadapi Paris Saint-Germain di Liga Champions pada 2 Oktober 2024 dini hari WIB. Raya diharapkan sepenuh fit di kompetisi Eropa.

"We are still waiting 24 hours more. Whether his condition is fit or not, it is not good," said Arteta, who dismissed the possibility that Raya had just been taken down against PSG.

"This is not a matter of risk taking. It is more about whether the players are fit and can be played," he said.

If Raya can't perform, then Neto's second goalkeeper will stand in the bar even though Jack Porter plays brilliantly at the Carabao Cup. Arteta fielded Porter who is the third goalkeeper because Neto could not appear in the English League Cup. The reason is, he already played at different clubs in the Carabao Cup before moving to Arsenal.

Apart from Raya, Arsenal still has not been strengthened by captain Martin Odegaard who has an ankle injury. Arsenal also lost Mikel Merino, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Kieran Tierney to defender Oleksandr Zinchenko. Meanwhile, front player Leandro Trossard was able to play again after receiving a second yellow card followed by a red card.

Leicester itself has not shown any improvement after promotion from the Championship Division. They only collected three points and ranked 15.

Striker Jamie Vardy became the mainstay of The Foxes to penetrate Arsenal's defense. He has successfully scored 11 goals in 16 matches against Arsenal in various competitions. Only, Leicester will work hard against the hosts.

Player Composition Forecast

Arsenal (4-3-3): Neto; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Havertz, Rice, Partey; Saka, Jesus, Trossard

Leicester City (4-2-3-1): Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen; Skipp, Winks; Ayew, Ndidi, Mavidi; Vardy