Arsenal must do something very special in order to make the quarter finals when they face Monaco in the second leg of their Champions League tie on Tuesday. The Gunners were beaten 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium three weeks ago, so they will need to score at least three goals in the second leg and avoid conceding any.
However, confidence is high in the Arsenal camp after recording 12 wins out of their last 14 competitive matches. Monaco will have to avoid complacency in order to make sure they advance to the quarter finals as Arsenal had created plenty of chances in the first leg.
Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim has rested a few key players during his last Ligue 1 fixtures, including striker Dimitar Berbatov who started the last two matches on the bench. Monaco have won three of their last five matches in all competitions.
Probable line-ups:
Monaco: Subasic - Abdennour, Kurzawa, Toure, Fabinho - Toulalan, Joao Moutinho, Kondogbia - Berbatov, Bernardo Silva, Martial
Arsenal: Ospina - Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal - Coquelin, Ramsey - Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez - Giroud
My prediction: Arsenal to win 2-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Monaco win - 23/10 Draw - 5/2 Arsenal win - 13/10
skrunici 9 years ago
At the end Monaco deserved that. They played brave in first match on Emirates and they could to score more goals. It is nice to see team like Monaco in quarter final and I am sure that they will not be easy opponent for anyone. Last night was very good for betting. My predictions was that Arsenal and Atletico will win,...
At the end Monaco deserved that. They played brave in first match on Emirates and they could to score more goals. It is nice to see team like Monaco in quarter final and I am sure that they will not be easy opponent for anyone. Last night was very good for betting. My predictions was that Arsenal and Atletico will win, and that was a very nice odd.
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sharpe
9 years ago
Very surprising first game result from this one but I believe Arsenal will make everything possible to win tonight. It's all about if they believe that this turnaround is possible or not. Venger is very experienced manager and he knows how to motivate the players after the first game tough loss. Well, I think this will...
Very surprising first game result from this one but I believe Arsenal will make everything possible to win tonight. It's all about if they believe that this turnaround is possible or not. Venger is very experienced manager and he knows how to motivate the players after the first game tough loss. Well, I think this will end with a Arsenal win but I'm not sure for the aggregate score.
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h34dhunt3r
9 years ago
Monaco is in really good spot before their rematch this evening. Arsenal, or even better Olivier Giroud, had one of their worst matches this season two weeks ago versus Monaco. French striker missed all possible chances outthere, and put his team is awful position. Monaco, on the other hand, scored all three goal chances...
Monaco is in really good spot before their rematch this evening. Arsenal, or even better Olivier Giroud, had one of their worst matches this season two weeks ago versus Monaco. French striker missed all possible chances outthere, and put his team is awful position. Monaco, on the other hand, scored all three goal chances that they made. That's why they are favourites to go in next stage, but not to win tonights match. Expecting Arsenal to attack from minute one. Eventho Monaco has amazing defence, they will slip up once or twice. Enough to make it interesting game. My predictions: - Result: 1:3 for Arsenal; - Man of the match: Alexis Sanchez
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seculla
9 years ago
I can agree with skrunici with that that almost no one expected that Monaco will win at Emirates, especially with that big result. Monaco received only two goals so far in Champions League and both of them when they played away from their stadium. That is fascinating fact, but I think that tonight they will receive at least...
I can agree with skrunici with that that almost no one expected that Monaco will win at Emirates, especially with that big result. Monaco received only two goals so far in Champions League and both of them when they played away from their stadium. That is fascinating fact, but I think that tonight they will receive at least two goals. It will be hard for Wenger and his players to qualify in 1/4 final and they will need a miracle to do that. Anyway, I think that tonight we will watch very different match that the first one, I expect Arsenal to start attacking from the first second and if they score in first twenty minutes I believe that they will gain psychological advance and than everything can happen.
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skrunici 9 years ago
Does anyone expect this result in first leg!? Definitely no.... I was surprised how Monaco play in defense, I know that they conceded little number of goals in France, but they proven that this is possible in a Champions league. My opinion is that they are in next phase, Arsenal have no chance.
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