1 Nil 2 The Arsenal!

Well folks it’s coming up to christmas and more importantly the Arsenal v Chelsea game. The blues bottled their fixture with Man U last week and are out of form to say the least right now. In fact I don’t think there’s ever been a better time to play Chelsea in the past few years than right now. As you can imagine I’m hopeful that on Boxing Day we’ll have what it takes to take them down! Lets take a quick look at the betting situation on the game as it stands right now.

Arsenal V Chelsea Odds

Arsenal – 2.6

Draw – 3.2

Chelsea – 2.8

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The betting sites seem to have Arsenal as the favorites right now and even though Chelsea do suck at the moment I’m not sure the book has been drawn up correctly. Even so it’s nice to go into the game knowing that we have a very real chance of beating Chelsea and pushing on towwards winning the title. A win on Boxing Day could really be the launch pad we need to get going and push for the top spot.

Fingers crossed and Merry Christmas to all!

Tonight we have got Wolves away from home and after our performance against Newcastle on Sunday we really need to pick up three points. In all honesty I didn’t think we played that poorly on Sunday but for the most part Newcastle defended well and an error from Flapianski cost us dearly. When oh when will the goal keeper situation be sorted out!

Anyway, on to tonights game. We are the clear favorites to win the match and at the Coral bookmakers we are priced at 1.66 [Source]. Not a bad price for a game we should win but given our current form and the performances Wolves have put in over the last three games it might be one to leave alone. We will have fabregas back tonight however and that should make a big differance.

Arsene Wenger was quoted on the BBC website saying “We have to pick ourselves up. We are ambitious, and that is why we have to get our spirit on this game, focus again and come back with points”. I think even though we are slipping a little things are still calm in the camp and a win tonight should right the balance a little.

Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal kicks off tonight at 1945GMT and you can watch the game on Sky. It should be an interesting match up, even though I’m expecting to see an Arsenal victory.

The only worrying bit of pre match news it that Fabregas has been ruled of the game with a strain injury. Wenger expects him to be back for the home game against Newcastle on Saturday but there’s no chance he’ll feature in tonights Champions League tie.

Other players ruled out through injury include Denilson, Arshavin and Song.

We managed to be Shakhtar 5-1 in the home leg of this tie but tonight looks set to be a lot closer. I think still think we’ve got what it takes to win the match and VC bet have us priced up at 7/4 for the win which looks good value to me.

I’m expecting to see some majic from Theo Walcott tonight and it’s starting to look like he’s finally found the form we knew he was capable of when we signed him. His two goals against Newcastle last week should mean he’s coming into tonights game on a high note. He’ll be on the score sheet tonight!

Come on the GUNNERS!

Well it’s Partizan Belgrade for us in the Champions League this week and given our somewhat appauling performance against West Brom at the weekend I’d be nice to see Arsenal bounce back with a victory. It’s away from home but I don’t see that as a problem and it feels to me like much has been made about nothing in the press this week in regards to our goalkeepers. Yes, they might not be world class but they’re certainly decent players.

It does however look like Almunia, who dropped a bit of a clanger at the weekend, will be replaced by Fabianski who was described in The Sun today as Lukasx Flappianski. Fabregas, Walcott and Van Persie are all still out injured.

Partizan are currently leading the Serbian Championship but even so should pose little threat to Arsenal tonight. Conditions might not be great but I’m fully expecting to see Arsenal come out on top with relative ease.