Superstar Saka to fire the Gunners to glory in Steel City!

04/03/2024
21:00 CET

The Gunners travel to Bramhall Lane for Monday nights clash at Sheffield United looking to keep up the pressure on both Manchester City and Liverpool just above them at the top of the table.

Mikel Arteta’s side will be looking to make it 7 wins a row in the Premier League, having won their last 6 Premier League matches by an aggregate score of an incredible 25 goals to 3.?

The graphic below shows how imperious Arsenal have been in recent weeks with them ranked 1st for current form over the last 6 games, with 3.00 points per game.

It looks ominous for Chris Wilder’s side to even keep the scoreline respectable, having conceded 5 goals in each of their last 3 games at home.

The Blades have also lost 4 of their last 6 on home turf and 7 out of the previous 10 league games.

All the signs point to a comfortable Arsenal win, with Sheffield United conceding a whopping 66 goals from their 26 Premier league games so far, contrasted with Mikel Arteta’s side having the best defensive record in the league conceding just 23 goals from the same number of matches.

The graphic below shows Arsenal as having the most clean sheets out of any side in the Premier League this season with 10.

In addition to that, Arteta’s men have kept a clean sheet in 6 of their 13 away games (46%) which is an outright highest number in the league.

The Blades are the lowest scorers in the league (22) against a freescoring Arsenal side who have netted 62 goals, just one behind top scorers Liverpool.

The Gunners have scored 11 goals in their last two away victories and kept 2 clean sheets in the process and we expect them to come out of the traps early again in this one.

Arsenal have got the damage done in the first half in recent games and have been leading by 2 or more goals in their last two games on the road and 3 out of the last 4, so could have this one wrapped up by half-time.

Bukayo Saka has been at the heart of their devastating attacking displays and is Arsenal’s top scorer with 16 goals in all competitions and has found the net 7 times in his last 5 Premier League games.

Saka is also Arsenal’s penalty taker so it’s more than likely he will continue his rich vain of form against Wilder’s team come Monday night.

PaddyPower’s offering of 3.50 on Arsenal to win, over 3 goals and Bukayo Saka to score looks tasty given the recent form of both of these sides and Saka’s goal threat in particular.

The reverse fixture at The Emirates ended 5-0 to The Gunners and it wouldn’t be a surprise if it ended up being a similar scoreline in south Yorkshire.