Arsenal aiming for fifth

Arsenal have the chance to secure five consecutive Premier League victories when Leicester City travel to the capital. The Gunners’ hot streak has seen them climb to fifth on the table two points behind fourth place Manchester United. Crucially, they have four games in hand on the Red Devils.

As for the Foxes, they find themselves in twelfth place. Not only are they 15 points shy of Arsenal, but they are also 12 points outside the top six.

Arsenal beat Watford 3-2 last time out, thanks to well-taken goals from Martin Odergaard, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli. That was their fourth successive Premier League win, having seen off Wolves on two occasions last month as well as Brentford.

When you look at the bigger picture, Mikel Arteta’s men have lost just one of their last ten league outings picking up eight wins and a draw along the way.

With several games in hand over all the other top-four hopefuls, the Gunners are in pole position to secure Champions League football for next season.

By contrast, Leicester can only dream of the Champions League at the moment. Their chances of getting into the top four have all but disappeared over the past few months.

The Foxes have managed to win just nine of their 25 Premier League matches this season, recording six draws and ten losses in the process.

Arsenal aiming for fifth

Still, there is no hiding from the fact that Leicester have won just two of their previous 11 away games across all competitions. The Foxes have only managed to win one of their last five Premier League meetings with Arsenal.

Arsenal will be without the injured Takehiro Tomiyasu, Emile Smith Rowe is also a doubt due to COVID-19 whereas Leicester’s long-term injury list features a number of key players, including Jonny Evans, Wesley Fofana, James Justin, Ryan Bertrand and Timothy Castagne.