Week 2 features a match on Sat Aug 13th, where Arsenal hosts Leicester City at Emirates Stadium in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. In their last match, Arsenal recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Crystal Palace. Martinelli struck first for Arsenal in the 20th minute, then Marc Guehi added another on an own goal in the 85th minute In the end, Crystal Palace couldn’t muster any offence and Arsenal ran away with the shutout win. Arsenal is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Leicester City is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Brentford. Timothy Castagne struck first for Leicester City in the 33rd minute on a feed from James Maddison, then Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall added another in the 46th minute on a feed from Jamie Vardy. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Arsenal won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
For Leicester City, their top scorers are Patson Daka and Harvey Barnes, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Edward Nketiah has been the most prolific scorer on Arsenal in his last five matches with 3 goals
Kieran Tierney, Emile Smith Rowe and Fabio Vieira are unavailable to play for Mikel Arteta Amatriain’s team, while Ryan Bertrand, Wilfred Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira and Harvey Barnes are unavailable to play for Brendan Rodgers’s team.