Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arsenal & Leeds United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Arsenal form and stats
Arsenal participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Premier League, Arsenal have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Arsenal's last game was hosting Aston Villa and winning 3-1. Emile Smith Rowe (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.6/10. Rowe scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 46 successful passes (of 54 total).
In the match before that, Arsenal hosted Crystal Palace and drew the Premier League game 2-2.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Arsenal matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and zero defeats (from three games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Arsenal as they are travelling to their away game against Leicester City in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Arsenal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Emirates Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Arsenal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Leeds United form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Leeds United have produced an overall stat of 0-2-2 so far.
Leeds United delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous match; a Premier League game. Attacker Rodrigo got a player rating of 8.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Rodrigo scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Southampton wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Leeds when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
The attacking power of Leeds when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. For Leeds, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Arsenal victories, two draws and zero Leeds United wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Aubameyang 4 goals |   R. Dias Belloli 3 goals |  E. Smith Rowe 2 goals |
Arsenal missing players
Leeds United missing players
| Arsenal | Leeds United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 6 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 35% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 22 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 18 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Everton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Brentford | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Watford | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Southampton | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Burnley | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | -21 | 2 |
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