After a stunning 3-1 victory over Leicester City on Sunday, Arsenal will now travel to Turf Moor to face Burnley, who are currently sitting at 15th position in the points table with 29 points. As for Arsenal, after their win against Leicester City, they are now currently sitting in 10th position with 37 points.
Mikel Arteta will look to grab another 3 points against a Burnley, who are having a poor run-of-form in the Premier League, and continue his team’s winning streak ahead of their first leg match against Olympiacos in the Round of 16 of the Europa League which will be played on the 12th of March. Burnley, on the other hand, are currently struggling to score goals and win games in the league and has won just one game out of their last five games. It will be a huge task for Sean Dyche and his team as they will have to come up with some plan and also will have to put in some hard work against the Gunners if he wants to stop their losing streak.
When and Where?
Venue: Turf Moor, Burnley.
Date: 6th March 2021.
Time: 12:30 (GMT)
Team News:
Arsenal
The Gunners will be confident and will come with their full strength against an out-of-form Burnley, and will look to win another 3 points and will try their best to keep their place at the top half of the points table.
Emile Smith-Rowe is the only regular player from the starting XI, who is likely to miss the match due to an injury that he suffered during their previous match against Leicester City. Other than that, Martin Odegaard suffered a minor injury, which he recovered and is likely to replace the injured Smith-Rowe for the match.
Nicolas Pepe is once again likely to be in the starting line-up for this match, also Arteta will look to give some game time for the other players, who were rested for the match against Leicester City ahead of their important clash in the Europa League.
Arteta will wish that none of his regular players get injured ahead of their clash against Olympiacos in the Round of 16 of the Europa League.
Burnley
Burnley will be confident enough to face Arsenal as in their previous Premier League match, they drew level to Leicester City 1-1. They will look to give Arsenal a tough competition and will try to get hold of at least a point and be above the Relegation Zone.
Burnley will be coming to the match without their striker Ashley Barnes as he is suffering from an injury. Other than him, Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Robbie Brady are also likely to miss the match. John Cork, who suffered from a tight hamstring has now been recovered and is likely to start against Arsenal.
PROBABLE XI’s:
ARSENAL:
Bernd Leno (GK), Hector Bellerin, David Luiz, Pablo Mari, Kieran Tierney, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Nicolas Pepe, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
BURNEY:
Nick Pope (GK), Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Josh Brownhill, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil, Matej Vydra, Jay Rodriguez.
Prediction
Arsenal, who are currently having a good run-of-form will win the match 2-0 against a poor Burnley side who have struggled to score goals in the league and will keep their spot in the top half of the points table.
