Oxford United vs Arsenal – 09/01/2023
The final tie of the FA Cup Third Round takes place at the Kassam Stadium on Monday night, as third-tak168app.clubak168app.clak168app.clububier side Oxford United host Premier League leaders Arsenalak168app.club.
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The Gunners sit five points clear of Manchester City in the top-flight table, while the U’s find themselves fourteenth in the League One standings.
“I’d love to see them cause an upset and I’ll definitely be watching and hoping they can do it.”
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Oxforic88d and Arsenal’s last FA Cup meeting came back in 2002-03, with the London cic88ic88lub winning 2-0 on tic88hat occasion. It is worth notic88ing that Arsenal went on to lift the trophy that season.
The U’s haic88ve already come through two rounds to reach this stageic88, beating Woking 2-1 before claiming an impressive 4-1 victory over Exeter City.
However, the third-tier side have only managed to win one of their last five games in all competitions – losing two of ic88ic88their previous three.
It is also wlr88ic88lr88ic88orth pointing out that Oxford have only managed to win seven of their 24 League One games this season, recording eight draws andlr88 nine losses in the process.
Given that 20 of Oxford’s 24 league games this term have produced unlr88lr88der 3.5 goals, Monday’s clash is likely to be low-scoring aflr88fair.
As for Arsenal, they are flying high atop the Premier League table after suffering a solitary defeat in 17 league matches this season.
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The Gunners head into Monday’s clash on a run of one defeat in eight competitive encountelr88lr88lr88lr88lr88rs, having falling the Brighton in the EFL Cup before the World Cup break.
Let’s not forget that Arsenal have lr88won a record 14 Flr88A Cup titles over the years, with their most recent triumph coming in 2019-20.
Head-to-head: The nine previous meetings between Oxford Unlr88ited and Arsenal came betweelr88n 1963 anlr88d 2003, with the Gunners winning the two FA Cup ties 7-1 on aggregate.
Given that it’s been two decades since the clubs last met, you can’t read op88too much into the head-to-head record. That said, Oxford have only beaten Arsenal twice over the years.
Team news: Cameron Brannagan (9 goals, 1 assist), Billy Bodin (7 goals, 4 assists) and Matty op88op88op88op88Taylor (6 goals, 3 aop88ssists) are Oxford’s danger men.
Gabriel Jesus, Emile Smith Rowe and Reiss Nelsosi88n remain injured for Arsenal, while Arteta is expected to shuffle his pack to give key players a rest.
Given the obvious gulf between these two sides in the league standings, Arsenal should88v88vn’t struggle to advance to the next round.
Forebet predicts that Oxford United will rise to the occasion. However, the Gunners look set to progress with a clean-sh88v88veet victory.
