In a weekend match on Sunday Oct 16th, in week 11, Leeds United will play host to Arsenal in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 14th placed Leeds United, recorded a 1-2 loss against Crystal Palace. Pascal Struijk scored the first goal for Leeds United in the 10th minute, but Odsonne Édouard got the equalizer for Crystal Palace in the 24th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 76th minute on a goal by Eberechi Eze. Leeds United is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while arsenal is fresh off their 3-2 win against Liverpool. Martinelli struck first for Arsenal in the 1st minute on a feed from Martin Ødegaard, but Darwin Nuñez got the equalizer for Liverpool in the 34th minute , but Arsenal kept scoring and walked away with the win. Arsenal is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches.
Leeds United and Arsenal last played eachother at the Emirates Stadium on the 6th of January. Arsenal was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over 58000 fans. Reiss Nelson struck first for Arsenal in the 55th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Leeds United couldn’t muster any offence and Arsenal ran away with the shutout win.
Both Gabriel Jesus and Fabio Vieira have been the hottest scorers for Arsenal in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Leeds United’s top weapon lately has been Luis Sinisterra, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches
Jesse Marsch’s squad will be without Luis Sinisterra, Stuart Dallas and Adam Forshaw, while Emile Smith Rowe is unavailable to play for Mikel Arteta Amatriain’s team.