Can Brentford produce another shock after beating Aston Villa and Newcastle in the past couple of weeks? No, they can’t.
Keith Andrews has done an incredible job as Bees boss and they will make life difficult for Arsenal because they are well organised and dangerous on the break.
But I still think Arsenal will win because of their sheer power that means they can run through anything.
This might not be the most entertaining game to watch, because Brentford will sit in and defend, and counter.
Arsenal will deal with that, and then find a way of scoring. A deflected goal will probably decide it.
People might say the way they win games is not pretty but there is still a lot to admire about Arsenal and, in the end, no matter what anyone says, it is all about winning, isn’t it?
Arsenal are very good at winning games, and I am expecting them to win this one too. In my opinion, they will go on and win the title too, because of the quality of their squad and how good they are defensively.
As much as you want beauty to triumph over a beast, City are still far too flaky for that to happen.
Sutton’s prediction: 0-2
Ian on Arsenal‘s title hopes: I feel pretty confident, even with the couple of slip-ups we’ve had in the past month. We’ve got the strength in depth we need where other players can step up when we are missing players through injury.
If Viktor Gyokeres can start filling the onion bag up and Bukayo Saka can bag a few as well then that would be nice, but we look so good from set-pieces anyway. Our scoring stats from open play could be a bit of an issue but as long as we are scoring and winning then it doesn’t really matter.
Ian’s prediction: This is going to be a non-stressful win. We will be 2-0 up, concede a stupid goal but then finish the game off. 1-3
AI’s prediction: 1-2
