Arsenal face Sunderland within the Carabao Cup quarter-finals tonight.
The Gunners have benefitted from a mild draw, with Sunderland the lowest-ranked facet remaining within the competitors by a substantial margin.
However Lee Johnson’s facet are in good kind, having now gone seven video games unbeaten in League One as they chase promotion again to the Championship.
Arsenal are on a high quality run themselves, although, and have now received their final three Premier League video games, propelling Mikel Arteta’s facet into the highest 4.
Controversy has continued round Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s outcasting, however his presence has hardly been missed, with Gabriel Martinelli taking part in a starring function towards West Ham and Leeds. Right here is all the things you want to know forward of the match:
When is it and what time is it?
The match will get underway at 7.45pm on Tuesday 21 December on the Emirates Stadium.
How can I watch it on-line and on TV?
The match will probably be broadcast reside on Sky Sports activities Predominant Occasion with protection starting from 7pm.
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What’s the staff information?
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will not be in competition of play whereas Albert Sambi Lokonga and Pablo Mari are protecting from Covid-19. Sead Kolasinac stays sidelined.
Sunderland are set to be with out Leon Dajaku, Dennis Cirkin, Corry Evans, Luke O’Nien and Aiden McGeady.
Predicted line-ups
Arsenal: Leno; Soares, Holding, Chambers, Tavares; Maitland-Niles, Elneny; Pepe, Smith Rowe, Nketiah; Balogun
Sunderland: Hoffmann; Wright, Flanagan, Doyle; Hume, Neil, Pritchard, Embleton, Gooch; Broadhead, Stewart
Odds
Arsenal – 1/6
Draw – 6/1
Sunderland – 16/1
Prediction
Arsenal are coming off a run of three league victories in succession and may have greater than sufficient high quality to see off Sunderland, even when Arteta chooses to rotate his squad. Arsenal 3-0 Sunderland.
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