Arsenal vs Oestersunds FK – UEFA Europa League – Preview

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Sreya

Arsenal vs Oestersunds FK – Arsenal hosts Oestersunds FK at the Emirates on 22nd February, Thursday in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League Round of 32 tie.

The UEFA Europa League is Arsenal’s best chance to qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season as they are placed sixth in the English Premier League standings and unlikely to finish in ‘top four’.

Arsenal won the first leg 3-0 owing to an excellent performance, but have a more comparatively relaxed second-leg at home.

Team News

Santi Cazorla, Alexandre Lacazette, Aaron Ramsey are injured while Mesut Ozil misses out due to an illness. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is ineligible.

The visitors will be without the injured Johan Bertilsson, Smajl Suljevic and Hosam Aiesh.

Arsenal Possible Starting Lineup: David Ospina, Calum Chambers, Per Mertesacker, Rob Holding, Sead Kolasinac, Joe Willock, Mohamed Elneny, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Alex Iwobi, Danny Welbeck, Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Oestersunds FK Possible Starting Lineup: Aly Keita, Ronald Mukiibi, Sotiris Papagiannopoulos, Tom Pettersson, Samuel Mensah, Curtis Edwards, Brwa Nouri, Ken Sema, Dennis Widgren, Dino Islamovic, Alhaji Gero.

“It was a good win. I thought we went out there and did a professional job. The conditions were hard, but we didn’t let it affect us and I thought we put in a good performance. Training’s been good since then and we’re looking to finish the job tomorrow.

Competitions like the Europa League are big, we take them seriously, but every opportunity I get I have to do the best I can to prove myself. I’m just working hard off the pitch and every opportunity I get, I’ll give it my best.”

– Calum Chambers, Arsenal.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Arsenal vs Oestersunds FK H2H Stats, the only previous meeting between these two clubs came in the first leg which Arsenal won 3-0.

Arsenal should have another comfortable run-in tonight with a 2-0 win for Gunners being the most probable result.