The biggest surprise of the third round of the FA Cup so far has been 12-fold Stevenage’s away win over Aston Villa yesterday.
Mikel Arteta (left) will lead Arsenal against Oxford today. PDO
The most interesting game of the day
From the third round of the FA Cup, seven teams from the Premier League have already flown to the song. Chelsea, Brentford, Everton and Crystal Palace also lost to teams playing in the Premier League.
On the other hand, surprise losses include Bournemouth’s relegation against Burnley playing in the Championship, Newcastle’s loss to Sheffield Wednesday in the First League and, as the biggest bombshell, Aston Villa’s collapse in the last moments of a 1-2 loss at home to Stevenage. Stevenage’s winning coefficient was 15.00 at Veikkaus at its best and 12.00 even at the start of the game.
In addition, after the draws, Liverpool and Wolves have had to rematch with each other, as well as Leeds against Cardiff. Today, Oxford, the middle class of the First League, would have the opportunity to knock the biggest blow of the third round, because its winning coefficient at home against Arsenal is 14.00.
What is essential in this (also) match is the motivation and composition of Arsenal, who quite sensationally/historically currently lead the Premier League, will enter the game.
In this situation, it can be very possible that Arsenal is already thinking only about a possible Premier League victory. It is especially worth noting that in less than a week, Arsenal will face Tottenham in the hot North London derby in the Premier League.
Initially a manager Mikel Arteta is estimated to use quite a lot of rotation in this Cup match. Due to injuries, Arsenal will definitely be without their number one player today Gabriel Jesus mixed Reiss Nelson. On the finish line by Matt Turner expected to replace the first defenseman Aaron Ramsdale.
A rest shift is also expected for the players who are normally in the opening Bukayo to Saka, To Gabriel Martinelli, To Thomas Partey, For Granit Xhaka, To Oleksandr Zinchenkofor Gabriel as well as For Ben White. Basically, the decline compared to Arsenal’s best is quite a lot.
Oxford, on the other hand, will definitely come to this match with the key on the board and with the best possible lineup. However, its chances are somewhat weakened by injuries. At least the attackers are gone Kyle Joseph mixed Sam Baldock. Joseph has been Oxford’s second best scorer in the First League this season with five hits.
Also out is the attacking midfielder Marcus Browne. No special comments can be made about Oxford’s mood or home advantage.
In terms of sports, the trend of this third round has been the weak grips of the favorites and big favorites and the resulting difficulties.
Even though Arsenal is in great shape and the spirit and self-confidence of the team’s players are high, without anything else, it feels like betting on some kind of stretch for the underdog.
I think the Asian odds Oxford +2.25 offer of 1.75 is at least a borderline case worth considering.
Oxford–Arsenal kicks off at 10:00 p.m.
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Another interesting long-shot on Monday can be found in La Liga’s Athletic Bilbao-Osasuna match. Here, Veikkaus’ rather generous (right at the top of the market) 1.74 offer for under 2.5 goals is also probably a meager odds.
The home team Athtetic has been very good at defending at home this season. Only four goals have been scored in eight home matches.
Even better than that, the fact that no team has been able to create a goal threat at San Mamés this season by 0.7 more goals speaks for Athletic’s defensive strength! The opponents’ average goal expectation has been only 0.48 goals per game.
In this case, the sample of eight matches is no longer a matter of chance. Correspondingly, Osasuna has also been La Liga’s second team with the fewest goals away from home; in its seven away games, only 13 goals have been scored in total (1.86 per game) and the 2.5 goal limit has only been exceeded once, so this match cannot be regarded as high-scoring in any way.
Athletic Bilbao–Osasuna also starts at 22:00.
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The total balance of the day’s games for the year: 1/2/101%
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