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Arsenal vs Huddersfield Town: Preview

Arsenal host Huddersfield Town on Saturday, as they look to continue their fine recent run of form in the Premier League.

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The Gunners drew with Manchester United in midweek, following their 4-2 win against rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

Huddersfield lost out narrowly at Bournemouth, after squandering a lead to Brighton a few days before.

The Terriers are just outside of the drop zone, with the Gunners sitting just outside of the Champions League places.

 

Team News

Arsenal defender Rob Holding is facing nine months out of action, with a ruptured cruciate ligament.

Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey look like they're going to be out of the team as well, with injuries.

Granit Xhaka is available for Arsenal again after his suspension kept him out of the draw in Manchester.

Laurent Koscielny is in contention to make his first appearance since May, after he tore his Achilles tendon.

Huddersfield's Abdelhamid Sabiri is out due to a broken collarbone, with Philip Billing and Steve Mounie unavailable because of suspensions.

Chris Lowe could make a return to the Terriers' side after recovering from a shoulder problem.

 

The Managers

Arsenal head coach Unai Emery has insisted that every team who plays his team these days, needs to play "hard" against them.

"On Tuesday against Bournemouth, they (Huddersfield) played a very good match and also won at (Wolves) in their last away match," Emery said.

"On Saturday, they are going to push a lot and they are going to prepare the match to be a surprise.

"We are very, very convinced in our way - work, prepare, respect, push with our supporters at the Emirates and feel the spirit with the supporters. Each team that plays against us, they need to play hard against us."

Huddersfield boss David Wagner has demanded his players focus more after some defensive frailties recently.

"In these situations, we have to be more focused, show more concentration and be more resolute as well," Wagner explained.

"We also have to be more brutal in one or another situation to make sure we show everybody that we fight to keep the ball out of the net.

"This will be, for sure, very, very important on Saturday when we play Arsenal.

"We have to fight with everything we have to keep the ball out of the net. This is the first thing you have to make 100% right if you like to get something out of a game against a team like Arsenal away."

 

Match Stats

- Arsenal are unbeaten in 20 games spread across all competitions, with 15 wins.

- The Gunners are unbeaten in 10 games against Huddersfield, winning eight and drawing two.

- Arsenal did the double over the Terriers in 2017/18 and won 5-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

- Huddersfield have only one point from a possible 24 against sides who are currently in the top half.

- David Wagner's team have scored in all but one of their last eight Premier League away games.

 

Betting Odds

- Arsenal: 2/7

- Draw: 5/1

- Huddersfield Town: 11/1

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