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Confirmed Arsenal team to face Luton Town – Kiwior gets a start

Arsenal travel to Luton Town this evening to take on the Premier League newcomers determined to cement their status at the top of the standings and this is the team that Mikel Arteta has selected.

Arsenal should be able to beat Luton with some ease, however, that will only happen if they are focused and not complacent. It must be remembered that only recently the Hatters held Liverpool to a 1-1 draw.

Arsenal are in a rich vein of form and will be looking to continue that ahead of a series of tough games coming up after this Luton game, the last thing Arteta will be wanting is for a poor result that could undermine their current momentum.

As long as the lads play to form, they will win and pick up a precious three points.

Let us know in the comments below what you think about the team that the manager has selected and what your final score prediction is.

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    1. He must be healthy against AV or we may be in trouble. Kiwior should get the start against AV also if Tomi is out. I hope that’s not what MA is already planning on.

    2. Trossard not starting means he is ahead of Havertz now in pecking order, and I guess zinko tomiyashu if not injured and Trossard are not starting to keep squad fresh against aston villa rather than any tactical move.

      1. I think Arsenal need more technically-gifted midfielders like Trossard in the game at Villa Park because of Aston Villa midfielders’ technical skills, whereas Luton Town have more physical midfielders

    3. Conceded from 2 corners, willing to give up on this myth of a taller team being stronger on set pieces?

  5. 3 points is the main goal. It’s never a given, Luton drew with Liverpool 1-1 at home last month. That said think we’d all like to see a Lens performance to improve the GD and lay a marker, Looking forward to tonight.

    1. Isn’t it just! The bar has moved so far that most including myself don’t know what to make of it Think most are waiting for the penny to drop but maybe it already did last year with the challenge.

  7. We need goals here, we need a clean sheet too but most importantly we need a bare minimum of 3 points should all fall futile.

  8. Give them the respect deserved an EPL team, but put them to the sword just the same. COYG…👏🏾

  9. Need to wrap this match quickly, fullbacks have been instructed to take out gabi and saka. Knee to the lower back seem deliberate.

  13. Let’s focus and concentrate in out tonight’s Epl match away to Luton Town. And in the timebeing keepoff our thinking on our next when’s Aston Villa match in the Epl.
    For, Arsenal will have to play at away to PSV in the Ucl next midweek before the Gunners will go to the Villa Park to beat The Villains.
    So therefore, under no circumstances SHOULD the Gunners drop points in their tonight’s Epl match away to the Hatters. But collect all the 3 at stake in the match unfailingly. Which if they collect all the yy points, us Arsenal Epl title win challenge this season will keep on manifesting.
    Final Scores: Luton Town 0-4 Arsenal @full-time +

  17. Fouls galore I A tough griity game with not much actual fooball. Luton playing as if their lives depend on it!

  19. Let’s focus and concentrate on our tonight’s Epl match away to Luton Town. And in the timebeing keepoff our thinking on our next Aston Villa match in the Epl.
    For, Arsenal will have to play at away to PSV in the Ucl next midweek before the Gunners will go to the Villa Park to beat The Villains.
    So therefore, under no circumstances SHOULD the Gunners drop points in their tonight’s Epl match away to the Hatters. But collect all the 3 at stake in the match unfailingly. Which if they collect all the 3 points. Us Arsenal Epl title win challenge this season will keep on manifesting.
    Final Scores: Luton Town 0-4 Arsenal @full-time +

  24. Horrible game to watch. We are far too slow moving the ball. But we scored now! 2-1 up Jesus header from a White cross. Nearly half time.

    1. Everything was let go by the ref (except Jesus 1st foul) Luton is simply not good enough to take advantage. We look disjointed because our players are constantly on the end of or dodging (which still takes them out of the game) late challenges disrupting the whole pitch, when they can’t take someone out of the game that way they struggle massively as for our 2nd.

    2. It will be short lived Jon in my opinion.

      We just have not matched their intensity and far far too slow in moving the ball.

      Have a feeling Raya is going to leak goals.

      The more I see from Raya, the more you realize how weak he is with corner kicks and shot stopping in general.

      Raya is better with his feet, but NO WAY is he equal to Ramsdale in shot stopping. His weakness and Arteta refusing to drop him at times for Ramsdale may hurt us in the long run.

      Quite frankly Raya was an unnecessary transfer that has not improved the team.

  25. Jesus made our first goal and converted the delightful long cross from White into another goal

    Luton Town were strong in set-pieces, so Arsenal might need to keep Havertz and Kiwior till the end of the game

  26. How on Earth did Jesus did a yellow card for that? Under any rule in football, it was not a yellow card. There have been horrendous possible injury inducing fouls on us, especially on Saka, and the referee gives nothing.

  27. Never a dull moment in that half. An enjoyable game to watch – at times like watching a pinball machine in action.

    1. Enjoyable Sue? Goodness me, how MUCH two bright fans can and DO differ. I prefer football, to the “rugby” we are watching!!

      1. That’s as maybe Jon, but although I agree with your sentiment, I have also found the game entertaining

  28. Luton absolutely brilliant physically, but where is the football. It’s like a school team on steroids lol

  29. We will need another goal as we look shaky from corners and high balls into our box.
    But we will score again, surely, and I predict 4-2, but its now 2-1 at halftime.

  30. This little team have goals in them, they keep lobbing the ball in the box a don’t trust them, we need to wrap it up as quickly as possible.

      1. Ramsdale is simply not favored by Arteta the way Raya is. Regardless of Raya’s errors, howlers, and mistakes Arteta has not dropped him.

        What happened to the competition Arteta spoke of? Or the in game GK changes he said? Has Raya deserved to start without being challenged?

        Alll lip service, designed to placate the masses rather than profess true intention.

  36. Game is well and truly on, fancy us but it’s turning into a respectable test. Can we outdo Liverpool and win? I think so.

  37. It pains how Arteta has SINGLEHANDEDLY undermined our title push this season with this Raya nonsense! Is this worth benching Ramsdale???? Is t even worth the 27 mil we just committed to?

  41. There we go again with a keeper who can’t punch or catch crosses properly.
    As I type this Luton score.

  44. Terrible defending from White, how can you keep backing off from a player that’s 8 yards from the goal. Raya could’ve done better but that’s on White!

  49. Another Raya howler. Bring back RAMSDALE! 3-2 DOWN RAYA LOOKS LIKE LOSING US THIS GAME
    GET HIM OFF MA,PLEASE!!

    3. More Whites fault than Raya on that one Jon, some of the worst defending I’ve seen from us for a long time.

    2. This is the guy everyone was raving about at Brentford. He’s a good goalkeeper. This might well be his worst game but keep it real. Almost as if before tonight we didn’t have the best defence in the league with Raya in goal.

      1. Yes, thanks to the defenders and Rice 🤣 despite the many Raya errors….or are you trying to suggest Raya has been just as good as Saliba, Rice and Gabriel?

        Come on Angus, you are capable of working that out 🙂

    1. @SueP
      Very much so. I’m trying to figure out how. But coming up with the keeper…Jus saying. 🤔

      1. I think Havertz hasn’t been bad at all. Raya has had a bit of an off night but you can’t deny that Luton have been tenacious all evening.

        1. Can’t disagree, disagree with the reffing 1st half to allow certain tenaciousness but yeah that is it.

      2. Tin foil hat on Angus

        When a player plays badly and fans call it out, it’s called a fact not an agenda 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

        Havertz is player better recently, so he’s not being called out and rightfully so, not sure what’s difficult to understand about that?

          1. You did witness me talking about a player playing badly without an agenda? You insert your agenda dressed up in popular talk about conspiracy theory (tin foil hat), a term coined by the CIA to discredit legit theories which has been common knowledge for a long time even if people pay little attention to it.

        2. You did witness me talking about a player playing badly without an agenda? You insert your agenda dressed up in popular talk about conspiracy theory (tin foil hat), a term coined by the CIA to discredit legit theories which has been common knowledge for a long time even if people pay little attention to it.

          Double reply but i wanted it at you because it was a reply.

    3. Just want to add without the agenda talk yeah our best defence in the league is looking fragile. Also Luton who had scored 13 in 14 games, scored 3 in 4 shots against the best defence, lady lucky might exist. Perspective.

      1. Raya made some poor mistakes today. So it is understandable that questions are raised.
        However, I agree that those with an agenda against Raya will be out in force now.
        Havertz had a pretty good game and has been playing well recently, so attention will now shift more firmly to Raya as the main “scapegoat” now, unfortunately.

  58. Havertz saving Raya! Honestly if this joke of a keeper starts vs Villa then i’ll start questioning Arteta’s fairness/ equal treatment of all players.

  60. This game is reminiscent of Brentford opener during the 2021/22 season. Arsenal is gonna finish them off in the last 20 minutes after with the substitution of Zinchenko and Trossard. The raft of changes they made after their 3rd goal will affect them badly as Arsenal shows them who the boss is. I won’t be too hard on Raya provided we win this game.

    1. Poor mistakes by Raya I’m afraid. A top level goalkeeper should not be making such errors.
      The substitutions were only marginally effective and it was more the relentlessness of the team that got us the win.

  61. I’m sorry, but if Arteta doesn’t wake up soon, we might as well give up!!
    How can he keep playing Raya, when he’s making such awful mistakes?
    At least we can see how he’s getting the best out of Havertz!!
    The best defence in the league?!?!?!?!?!

    1. Keepers are the last line of defence, so any mistake they make gets easily noticed. Our center backs should have done better for the second goal by staying tight to Luton’s biggest player. Raya is too integral to how we want to play currently and Ramsdale has no chance of starting ahead of him.

  64. Thars why the novice wont win the league. Luton..ffs and you change thec eam and start with a defensive line up. Zinchenko had to start BUT subbed at the 60th. Unless Tomi is injured and even then white should not start, a waste of 50 mil, poor poor player, no positional sense, slow southgate is poor but even he can see how bad white is
    Raya has made 2 errors but ramsdale wont srart in the next game

    2. What nonsense are you blabbing about? Of a the good performances from Ben White, he has suddenly become bad? Like seriously? This is why people like you can never be a team manager. Keep on moaning.

    1. The EPL referees seem to revel in making atrocious decisions like we just saw. It’s part of their marketing strategy to keep the media talking all week.

    1. A good game of football. Our defending on setpieces was unusually atrocious, but I’m glad we got the win. Rice was worth the fee.

    1. Blimey, what were they smoking at West ham when they gave out the world best defensive midfielder for a mere 100 million quid, even rodri of Man City will be applauding rice and his exploits

  80. Should’ve been 2-4 at the very worst. I honestly cant stand the sight of Raya, the earlier we sent him back to Brentford(January) the BETTER.

  81. Yes, we did it like I predicted! I hope Raya learns from today’s mistake and for fans who always make over-the-top comments against players when they make mistakes or underperform, please support the team, not your favorites.

    Ramsdale was rightfully dropped to the bench after his series of howlers last season and bad mistakes in preseason and early on in the season prompted the manager to look for upgrade in the position. Let the witch hunt against Raya stop!

    Ramsdale can leave the club or fight for his place. Raya is here to stay!!!

    1. We are talking about tonight’s game and Raya’s display – that is NOT a witch hunt, it’s being objective Dendrite.
      As White has been named for having a bad game, is that also a witchunt?

  83. Past 2 am here, Rice makes it worth it. Give w ham 100m more.
    One min of silence for rival fans for their heartbreak Hahahahaha

    1. It’s almost 4AM here
      And I was about to put my phone down and suddenly heard shout from Commentator
      It was 4-3 Arsenal

  85. It’s almost 4AM here
    And I was about to put my phone down and suddenly heard shout from Commentator
    It was 4-3 Arsenal

  89. The other day I’m watching Liverpool pull a last minute 4 – 3 win against Fulham at Anfield and I’m wondering if my dear Arsenal could manage a similar feat . Then today they showed me they could, far away from home!
    This Arsenal team is a different beast this season,
    COYG!!!

  91. WHEN are we going to have referees who can read and see what opponents are doing to players who have class and skill and protect players like Saka and Martinelli?
    I’m not just talking about Luton, but teams that deliberately go out to injure fellow professionals need to be called out and, unfortunately, our referee’s are simply not up to it!!

  92. In as much as I am not so knowledgeable about the nitty gritty of transfers I understand that teams like Real Madrid always get any players they want, I really nurse deep concerns that DR may soon be snatched from our ranks by RM

    2. The same way they’ve snatched Saka right? Can they afford to pay more than 105 million he cost us. You guys seem to underate the financial muscle that top English sides like Arsenal have.

      If he is leaving and we agree, it will be for a world-record fee, to say the least. Almost every month, you watch the club renewing players contract, currently negotiation White and Tomiyasu improved contracts. It’s for a reason, which is to preserve their value.

      Take Ramsdale as an example, he signed a new contract about a year ago. If he’s leaving, I can assure you he’s not gonna cost less than 50 M pounds, considering the length of his contract, age and British nationality.

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