After a nerve-wracking 3-2 win over Benfica in the Europa League, the Gunners will be heading back to England as Leicester City will play hosts to Arsenal in the Premier League this Sunday.
Thursday’s 3-2 win over Benfica means that now Arteta’s men will be facing Olympiacos in the Round of 16 of the Europa League.
But before that, they will be facing Leicester City, who are currently sitting in 3rd position on the points table with 49 points. They will be coming into this game after a 2-0 loss to Slavia Prague in the second leg of the Round of 32 of the Europa League on Thursday, which means that the European journey for the 2020-21 season has now finally ended for Brendon Roger’s team. But still, they are having a strong run-of-form in the Premier League by winning three of their last four matches and still have a high chance of winning against Arsenal on Sunday.
Talking about Arsenal, they will be heading into this game after a dramatic 3-2 win against Benfica where they made a great comeback after Benfica were having more away goals advantage and nearly stealing the match. This win meant that their European journey will continue as they have now qualified for the Round of 16 of the Europa League and will try their best to reach the finals of the Championship. Arsenal are currently sitting in 11th position on the points table with just 34 points to their name and their Premier League form has been poor, just winning one game out of the five matches played. Arteta will have to come up with a strong plan if they want to win against Leicester City, who are having a good run in the Premier League.
When and Where?
Venue: King Power Stadium, Leicester.
Date: 28 February, 2021.
Time: 12:00 (GMT)
Team New:
Arsenal
Arsenal will be going to King Power Stadium to face the foxes with their full strength and every Gunners fan will be looking forward to how Arteta will plan to keep his side’s winning momentum going.
Rob Holding, who suffered a concussion during the match against Manchester City last Sunday, missed the second leg match against Benfica due to concussion protocols and is now said to be available for the match against Leicester this Sunday.
Thomas Partey, who came of the bench against Benfica should now look to be in the starting XI against Foxes this Sunday.
Other than that, Martin Odegaard and Emile Smith-Rowe are likely to be keeping their place in the starting XI as William and Alex Lacazette will start-off from the bench.
Leicester City
Leicester will be heading to the clash without any fresh injuries but they will still be missing their star midfielder James Maddison, who is suffering from a hip injury.
Other than that, Joze Perez and James Justin will be missing the game on Sunday as both of them are suffering from a knee injury, also Dennis Praet and Wes Morgan, who are suffering from a thigh and a back injury respectively.
Asides from that, Leicester City’s manager Brendon Rogers will make some changes to his starting line-up against Arsenal. Ricardo Pereira, Timothy Castagne, and Harvey Barnes will be back in the team and also, Nampalys Mendy, who will be replacing the injured Maddison for the match against Arsenal this Sunday.
Probable Starting Line-ups:
Arsenal:
Bernd Leno (GK), Hector Bellerin, David Luiz, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Leicester:
Kasper Schmeichel (GK), Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Caglar Soyuncu, Timothy Castagne, Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemens, Marc Albrighton, Nampalys Mendy, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy.
