Arsenal vs Vitoria SC – UEFA Europa League 2019/20 Preview
Nazmi Amin-Tai from Melaka, Malaysia [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Arsenal will take on Vitoria SC on Thursday in 2019/20 UEFA Europa League as the tournament moves ahead. The Gunners go into this game as the favourites.
Kick-off : 8:00 PM (Local)
Venue : Emirates Stadium, London
Arsenal are in real command of their group as of now after having two splendid performances against Eintracht Frankfurt and Standard Liege respectively.
The Gunners haven’t yet have conceded any goal in the group with putting 7 in the net. A healthy goal difference of +7 will surely help.
Portuguese outfit Vitoria SC should not be that much of a challenge. In fact Arsenal are firm favourites for all three points.
Unai Emery though will tell his players to remain focus on the task avoiding complacency and perform as usual in front of a packed Emirates..
On the other hand, Vitoria SC have been really poor in the group and with two defeats in two games is not the way to go.
Vitoria SC has a -3 goal difference after conceding thrice and yet to score a single goal. Arsenal will be an uphill task surely.
Vitoria will need to play out of their skins against Arsenal if they hope to upset them and I think they must look to learn from this big fixture.
Team news and possible line-ups
Mubarak Wakaso and Andre Andre will both be not available for Vitoria SC for the Arsenal game as due to injuries.
As for The Gunners, Reiss Nelson will be unavailable as due to injury.
Vitoria SC XI : Jesus, Soares, Tapsoba, Pedrao, Hanin, Edwards, Poka, Agu, Costa, Davidson, Bonatini.
Arsenal XI : Martinez, Maitland-Niles, Mustafi, Holding, Tierney, Torreira, Ceballos, Pepe, Willock, Saka, Martinelli.
Prediction
Expecting a 3-0 Arsenal win here.
