Will the appointment of Mikel Arteta persuade the pundits to back an Arsenal win?
It has to be said that pundits have been a little pessimistic when it comes to predicting Arsenal games recently. It will be interesting to see where their thinking is now that Mikel Arteta has been appointed.
There are not many pundits making predictions today, probably because of the festivities but I have found some of the usual suspects giving out their predictions.
I will kick off with the resident BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson. The former Liverpool defender is going with an Arsenal 2-1 win.
Next, we have another former Liverpool player in Michael Owen who is also predicting a Gunners win. Owen never gives a score, well not in his betting blog anyway.
Finally, former Gunner Charlie Nicholas is predicting an Arsenal win by a margin of 2-1.
That is a full house of pundits going for an away win today, no doubt they are looking at the awful form that Bournemouth are currently experiencing and the fact that Arsenal’s poor form is negated by having a new manager on board.
I am in full agreement with the pundits today, I have predicted a 2-0 win for the lads in the match preview here. Fingers crossed that we have all called it right today and that Arteta gets his reign off to a winning start.
1-1. I think would be a miracle us getting two clean sheets in a row.
I pray Arteta wins his first game in charge
As usual, Boxing Day matches create a lot of surprising results. It will be a tight game but I feel Arteta will win his first game in charge for Arsenal. From there, we will see how far Arsenal can go this season.
Hopefully it will be a good game. I imagine we’ll see lots of mistakes, excitement and goals. A high scoring draw. 3-3
am predicting a hard fought 1-0 to the lads.
I see another draw
Both sides lack confidence or they wouldn`t be where they are on the table. I`m going for an Arsenal 1-0 win by a fluke goal.
i see a win for the Gunners 2_0
I see a winning for Mikel with a res ult of 3-1
Arsenal win 4-0; but Arsene Wenger is there without a club, why is he not brought back?