Arsenal vs Valencia
UEFA Europa League
Date: Thursday, 2 May 2019
Kick-Off 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Emirates Stadium (London).

Neither Arsenal nor Valencia are pulling up any timber getting into the primary leg of the Europa League semi-very last on Thursday night at Emirates Stadium.

Both aspects will accordingly appearance to shift the point of interest off their horrendous home presentations and flip a nook with a likely massive continental end result right here.

The Gunners’ targets of a pinnacle-4 end within the Premier League suffered a huge blow with a streak of 4 defeats in beyond 5 rounds. Unai Emery’s guys misplaced 3 in a row on the fingers of the likes of Crystal Palace, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City.

The Spanish supervisor definitely has motives to be involved understanding his guys did no longer concede fewer than 3 desires in any of those 3 next Premier League losses.

Arsenal vs Valencia: Head-to-head
This may be the primary respectable face to face stumble upon among the 2 facets in sixteen years.

They met every different in separate Champions League campaigns returned in early 2000s.

Valencia superior from the 2000/01 region-very last tie at the away aim rule (2-2 on combination).

The Bats had been additionally extra a hit triumphing 4 factors in institution degree video games within the Champions League 2002/03 season.

Arsenal vs Valencia: Prediction
Luckily for Emery (who led Valencia returned in 2008-12), the Bats also are failing to capture the initiative inside the Primera Division warfare for pinnacle-4 end. Marcelino’s guys take a seat sixth inside the league ladder with a 3-factor deficit to fourth-positioned Getafe.

The Bats misplaced at the leap in La Liga. Whilst the three-2 defeat at Atletico Madrid can’t be seemed as a massive failure, weekend’s zero-1 loss to Eibar at Mestalla honestly can. However, Valencia loved an exquisite Europa League run with 5 wins and a attract six knockout level furniture towards Celtic, Krasnodar and Villarreal.

Arsenal saved their internet untouched in 3 successive Europa League ties, which includes zone-very last legs in opposition to Italian giants Napoli.

Arsenal did now not concede a unmarried aim in 5 successive Europa League video games in the front of the house crowd. However, they allowed 9 desires in closing 3 Premier League furniture that is why we gained’t again the hosts to hold their internet untouched right here.

The domestic win is a first rate choice at 1.eighty five odds searching at Arsenal’s performances at Emirates Stadium at some point of the whole season.