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Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid predictions: Gunners can maintain flawless start

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Mikel Arteta and Arsenal face a major Champions League challenge at home to Atletico Madrid
Mikel Arteta and Arsenal face a major Champions League challenge at home to Atletico Madrid
  • Arsenal have won their last three matches without conceding a goal

  • Atletico Madrid have not won on their last five road trips

  • Recommended bet: Arsenal to win to nil

Arsenal hold a handy three-point lead at the top of the Premier League table and will have the Champions League league phase summit in their sights when taking on Atletico Madrid at the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners are one of six teams to have taken maximum points from the opening two rounds of Champions League fixtures and their goal difference (plus four) is only two worse than leaders Bayern Munich, who resume their campaign on Wednesday with a home match against Club Brugge.

Arsenal are used to winning, but they are sure to have plenty of respect for Atleti, who have advanced to the Champions League knockout rounds in six of the last seven seasons.

They are fourth in La Liga, with just one loss in nine games, but have made a mixed start in Europe, losing 3-2 at Liverpool and winning 5-1 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.

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Team news

Arsenal should have the same squad to choose from after no fresh injuries came out of their 1-0 victory at Fulham.

Noni Madueke, Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus (all knee) are unavailable and Piero Hincapie (groin) has not featured since coming off the bench in last month's 2-0 victory away to Athletic Bilbao.

Jose Gimenez returned to the Atletico side at the weekend but his minutes may have to be managed after a recent spell on the sidelines.

A possible replacement could be Clement Lenglet, who served a domestic suspension at the weekend and is back in contention. Nico Gonzalez (concussion) is likely to miss out and Johnny Cardoso (ankle) is a doubt.

The stats

The Gunners have won four of their last seven games by a 2-0 scoreline and have won all of their last five fixtures.

Six of Arsenal's last seven matches have featured less than three goals and the Gunners have not scored more than two goals in any of those seven fixtures.

Arsenal have won their last six Champions League matches against Spanish opposition.

Atletico Madrid have kept just two clean sheets in their last 14 away games.

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Prediction

Arsenal have played with ruthless efficiency in recent weeks and should do enough to see off Atletico in north London.

Mikel Arteta's side have not been blowing teams away, but they are defending superbly and providing enough moments of quality in the attacking third.

Atleti used to be the side who nobody wanted to play against by adopting the same approach.

However, they have kept only two clean sheets since the start of the season and could be eased aside by the Gunners, who are new defensive kings with only three goals conceded since the start of the campaign.

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