Will Arsenal Be 4th By The End Of The Weekend?

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It has certainly been a while since Arsenal last played, and the World has seemingly turned on it’s head since the last match. However, this weekend, sees the Gunners playing Watford – the team with a great manager, but currently holding the worst home record in the league.

Arsenal have been great at home, but boast an average away record, but they key now is two away games, and certainly a closable gap with other 4th position contenders.

If we were to make a table of only away games, the opposition would have played at least two, and even three more away games than Arsenal, leaving the following table according to untold-arsenal.com.

 


 

However, when it comes to home games, Arsenal’s record looks even more promising than this weekend’s hosts Watford, so what will be the result?.  2-1 to the Arsenal.

What is even more encouraging has been the upsurge in form by the Gunners. Since losing to Manchester United and Everton away, the Gunners have scored 10 in their last 3 away games! See the table below and Arsenal’s form is clearly seen to have turned a corner:

 

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On the other hand, Watford’s last 5 home games have not added a single point to their campaign, so form is very much against them. However, with a new manager, things should improve. Despite this, it is unlikely that this will have any significant impact on this game, so whilst Watford should show more fight at home against the Gunners, it will probably fall short of what is needed.

 

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1Manchester City2721336417+4766
2Liverpool2618627020+5060
3Chelsea2514834918+3150
4Manchester United2713864434+1047
5West Ham United2713684634+1245
6Arsenal2414373827+1145
7Tottenham Hotspur2513393532+342
8Wolverhampton Wanderers26124102421+340
9Southampton2681173437-335
10Brighton & Hov…2671272530-533
11Crystal Palace2761293738-130
12Leicester City2486103943-430
13Aston Villa2593133337-430
14Newcastle United25510102845-1725
15Brentford2766152744-1724
16Leeds United2658132960-3123
17Everton2464142841-1322
18Burnley25312102232-1021
19Watford2654172547-2219
20Norwich City2645171555-4017

 

As you can see from the table, Arsenal have more than doubled the points tally of Watford, with 45 points compared to only 19. And, with 12 games left or so, Watford need at least 20 points approximately to avoid relegation, which is nearly 2 points per game. Can they do this? Highly unlikely, however they have little choice but to try, so expect them to at least start on the front foot against the Gunners.

 

Can Arsenal Get 4th This Weekend?

 

With the games in hand, Arsenal could..and probably should, finish the weekend in 4th spot.

However, even if that doesn’t materialise just yet, it will almost certainly happen at some point. They key for the Gunners is to ensure that they steamroller ‘lesser’ teams like Watford, in order to be able to drop a few points in the tougher matches.

 

December 18, 2021
Aston Villa00:00Burnley
December 26, 2021
Burnley00:00Everton
January 1, 2022
Leicester City00:00Norwich City
January 11, 2022
Everton00:00Leicester City
January 16, 2022
Tottenham Hotspur00:00Arsenal
February 12, 2022
Chelsea00:00Arsenal
February 27, 2022
Chelsea00:00Leicester City
March 5, 2022
Leicester City12:30Leeds United
Aston Villa15:00Southampton
Burnley15:00Chelsea
Newcastle United15:00Brighton & Hov…
Norwich City15:00Brentford
WolverhamptonWanderers15:00Crystal Palace
Liverpool17:30West Ham United
March 6, 2022
Watford14:00Arsenal
Manchester City16:30Manchester United
March 7, 2022
Tottenham Hotspur20:00Everton
This article first appeared on Arsenal News.

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