MATCH THREAD: “ ARSENAL v CARDIFF CITY “ MATCH THREAD

ARSENAL v CARDIFF CITY
Tuesday 29th January 2019, 7.45pm
Premier League
Emirates Stadium

THERE WILL BE A MINUTES SILENCE


TEAM NEWS

Cardiff City: Etheridge; Peltier, Manga, Bamba (capt.), Bennett; Gunnarsson, Arter, Ralls; Reid, Paterson, Niasse.

Subs: Smithies, Zohore, Cunningham, Mendez-Laing, Harris, Healey, Hoilett.


Arsenal: Leno; Lichsteiner, Mustafi, Monreal, Kolasinac; Guendouzi, Torreira, Elneny, Ozil (capt.), Aubameyang, Lacazette.


Cardiff City have sold their away allocation (Cardiff took a reduced allocation)

Betting odds

Arsenal 2/7
Draw 27/5
Cardiff 12/1


Kenneth Zohore and Aron Gunnarsson are expected to play


Team news

Arsenal’s have problems at the back after Socrates Papasthathopoulos was ruled out until February with an ankle injury while Laurent Koscielny may also be missing after manager Unai Emery said he feared the defender had broken his jaw. Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding are also long-term absentees.

Cardiff, meanwhile, have no new injury problems.


NEIL WARNOCK:


Neil Warnock: “Some of the lads didn’t get to meet Emiliano when he visited, but we’ve all felt the impact.

“We have done the best we can to prepare [for Tuesday's match] in the circumstances."



Preparations for Arsenal?

“We’ve done the best we can in the circumstances. I don’t feel that I’m personally right at the moment, but I’ve asked Kevin and Ronnie to make sure the standards don’t slip too much.
“It’s been strange and almost as if the game of football is somewhere else, it’s not around us. It’s a surreal thing and I can’t tell you how much that will change.”



Injury update:

CARDIFF CITY: Sean Morrison is out after operation.

ARSENAL: Sokritis and Kosielny are out injured

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About Arsenal

Arsenal Football Club is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England, that plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club has won 13 League titles, a record 13 FA Cups, two League Cups, the League Centenary Trophy, 15 FA Community Shields, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Arsenal was the first club from the South of England to join The Football League, in 1893, and they reached the First Division in 1904. Relegated only once, in 1913, they continue the longest streak in the top division, and have won the second-most top-flight matches in English football history. In the 1930s, Arsenal won five League Championships and two FA Cups, and another FA Cup and two Championships after the war. In 1970–71, they won their first League and FA Cup Double. Between 1989 and 2005, they won five League titles and five FA Cups, including two more Doubles. They completed the 20th century with the highest average league position.

Herbert Chapman won Arsenal's first national trophies, but died prematurely. He helped introduce the WM formation, floodlights, and shirt numbers, and added the white sleeves and brighter red to Arsenal's kit. Arsène Wenger was the longest-serving manager and won the most trophies. He won a record 7 FA Cups, and his title-winning team set an English record for the longest top-flight unbeaten league run at 49 games between 2003 and 2004, receiving the nickname The Invincibles, and a special gold Premier League trophy.

In 1886, Woolwich munitions workers founded the club as Dial Square. In 1913, the club crossed the city to Arsenal Stadium in Highbury, becoming close neighbours of Tottenham Hotspur, and creating the North London derby. In 2006, they moved to the nearby Emirates Stadium. In terms of revenue, Arsenal was the sixth highest-earning football club in the world, earned €487.6m in 2016–17 season. Based on social media activity from 2014 to 2015, Arsenal's fanbase is the fifth largest in the world. In 2018, Forbes estimated the club was the third most valuable in England, with the club being worth $2.24 billion.

Previous Meeting

We lost 3-2 at home to Arsenal in September. Victor Camarasa and Danny Ward got our goals. Shkodran Mustafi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette got the goals for the visitors.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Arsenal: Leno, Bellarin, Papastathopoulos, Koscielny, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Torreira, Guendouzi, Ramsey, Lacazette, Aubameyang

Cardiff City: Etheridge, Peltier, Manga, Bamba, Bennett, Ralls, Camarasa, Hoilett, Mendez-Laing, Paterson, Niasse

Form - Last Three Games

Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United
Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea
West Ham United 1-0 Arsenal

Newcastle United 3-0 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 0-0 Huddersfield Town
Gillingham 1-0 Cardiff City

Match Odds

Arsenal - 3/10
Cardiff City - 17/2
Draw - 9/2

Predictions

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Cardiff City have sold their away allocation (Cardiff took a reduced allocation)

I fancy a draw here. I get a feeling that the team will be fighting harder than ever.

2-2

Call it off

I fancy us to nick this one 1 - 0. Team will be fighting like hell.

Too much pace and Arsenal can't keep going not scoring with the chances they make. 3-0 To Arsenal but City will put up a much better fight then vs Spurs

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Can only see a big Arsenal win unfortunately. I think it could easily be by four or five. Not one of the clubs that we are close to competing with over the course of a season. Always get the odd shock, will keep my fingers crossed but just can't see it happening.

Cardiff plan to pay tribute to Emiliano Sala before kick-off against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, says chief executive Ken Choo.

Guernsey Police confirmed on Thursday that the search and rescue operation to find the missing plane carrying Sala and pilot David Ibbotson has ended, while harbourmaster captain David Barker said the chances of survival were "extremely remote".

Argentine striker Sala had been flying from Nantes to Cardiff to link up with his new club, having made the switch from Ligue 1 to the Premier League for a club-record fee of £18m, when the plane disappeared on Monday night.

All Premier League matches next week will have a moment of silence as a mark of respect for Sala and Ibbotson.

Cardiff will wear yellow daffodils on their shirts at Arsenal on Tuesday in respect of Emiliano Sala - the daffodil being a symbol of Wales and yellow being the colour of @FCNantes.

Nothing other than a arsenal win for me.

Arsenal’s injuries to Laurent Koscielny and Sokratis, sustained during their FA Cup exit against Manchester United, compounded their defensive injury crisis. However, post-match comments from Unai Emery suggest that although the Frenchman’s injury is likely to be severe, Sokratis may recover quickly from his knock. The Greek may line up in a centre-back pairing with Shkodran Mustafi if he is fit, if he isn’t then Granit Xhaka or Stefan Lichtsteiner may take his place, in the case of the latter affording Ainsley Maitland-Niles another start at right-back. For Cardiff City, Sean Morrison will be out as he is recovering from a burst appendix, meaning Bruno Ecuele Manga will likely start alongside Sol Bamba, with Lee Peltier at right-back.

Bellerin is out for 9 months, so he’s not very likely to play!

Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock is due to meet the media this afternoon at the club's first press conference since the news that shook the football world, ahead of the Bluebirds' game against Arsenal tomorrow.

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Sokritis and Kosielny are out injured . Arsenal have a serious lack of defenders. We need to exploit this. Really hope Murphy plays.

NEIL WARNOCK:

Preparations for Arsenal?

“We’ve done the best we can in the circumstances. I don’t feel that I’m personally right at the moment, but I’ve asked Kevin and Ronnie to make sure the standards don’t slip too much.
“It’s been strange and almost as if the game of football is somewhere else, it’s not around us. It’s a surreal thing and I can’t tell you how much that will change.”

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Neil Warnock: “Some of the lads didn’t get to meet Emiliano when he visited, but we’ve all felt the impact.

“We have done the best we can to prepare [for Tuesday's match] in the circumstances."

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Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 23 home Premier League fixtures against promoted sides since a 0-1 loss to Newcastle United in November 2010.

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TEAM NEWS
Arsenal expect to be without Sokratis for at least a fortnight because of an ankle problem sustained during Friday's FA Cup defeat by Manchester United.

Fellow central defender Laurent Koscielny bruised his jaw in that tie and is also likely to miss out.

Cardiff manager Neil Warnock must decide which players are in the right frame of mind to be involved following the disappearance of Emiliano Sala.

Sean Morrison remains out following an appendicitis operation.

Missed the ‘Dont Care About The Result’ option......

Tbh with the way NW spoke today and the things he said it proves that this game or the result isn’t important at the moment.

Obviously I would like a win, we all know we deserve and need one, not just for the 3pts but for the morale boost too

Team news

Arsenal’s have problems at the back after Socrates Papasthathopoulos was ruled out until February with an ankle injury while Laurent Koscielny may also be missing after manager Unai Emery said he feared the defender had broken his jaw. Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding are also long-term absentees.

Cardiff, meanwhile, have no new injury problems.




Betting odds

Arsenal 2/7

Draw 27/5

Cardiff 12/1

I don't know why we didn't get this game postponed

5-0

I don't know why we didn't get this game postponed

Why would we? Leciester didn't after the loss of their owner. Its a tragedy but we need to move on.

1-1 Mendez-Laing

I don't know why we didn't get this game postponed

Why would we? Leciester didn't after the loss of their owner. Its a tragedy but we need to move on.

Yes they did?

I don't know why we didn't get this game postponed

Why would we? Leciester didn't after the loss of their owner. Its a tragedy but we need to move on.

Yes they did?

Their Premier League fixture one week after wasn't.

I don't know why we didn't get this game postponed

Why would we? Leciester didn't after the loss of their owner. Its a tragedy but we need to move on.

Yes they did?

Their Premier League fixture one week after wasn't.

But they still cancelled their first fixture after the tragedy. This is our first? Doesn't matter who it's against. Just saying like.

But they still cancelled their first fixture after the tragedy. This is our first? Doesn't matter who it's against. Just saying like.

But in fairness, that fixture was due to take place 3 days later. Had it been the same for us, I've no doubt it would've been postponed, but whether or not it's the first fixture since is irrelevant, you have to play the first game after a tragedy at some point.