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The original was posted on /r/gunners by /u/Mahoganychicken on 2025-01-28 10:29:59+00:00.
๐ Kick Off: 20:00 GMT
๐ Location: Estadi Montilivi, Girona, Catalonia
๐บ UK Broadcaster: TNT Sports/Discovery+
๐๐ปโโ๏ธ Referee: Maurizio Mariani ๐ฎ๐น
๐ด Arsenal Team News:
- Merino missed the Wolves game and is a doubt for this fixture.
- Ben White (knee) is recovering from surgery and has returned to on-grass training.
- Jesus has torn his ACL and will be out for up to a year.
- Saka (hamstring) is recovering from surgery and will be out for the next few months.
- Tomiyasu (knee) is an enigma and we havenโt received an update on him for weeks.
โฝ Arsenal Form: ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฉ๐ง
๐ช๐ธ Girona Team News:
- Bryan Gil (Howard Wolowitz) is serving a suspension.
- Krejci is out with a hip injury.
- Gutierrez misses the game through a shin injury.
โฝ Girona Form: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฉ
โ๏ธ Head-to-Head:
- The two teams have never before faced each other.
๐ Match Facts:
- Girona have already been eliminated from the competition with a record of 1W6L.
- They have scored the second least goals in the competition at 4, which is only better than Bologna and Young Boys who have scored 3.
- Arsenal are already through to the next round at least, and a win or draw will secure a top 8 finish. All but a cataclysmic defeat and some other extraordinary results will be enough to see us in the top 8.
๐ฒ Odds (Betway):
- Girona โ 4/1
- Draw โ 16/5
- Arsenal - 8/13
โ๐ผ Pre-Match Ramblings
As I said above, it will take an absolute catastrophe for Arsenal not to finish in the Top 8 of the league stage of this years Champions League. This depleted Arsenal side desperately need as much rest as they are able to get, and a Top 8 finish along with our early FA Cup exit gives us a few respite periods in the coming weeks... Did someone say Dubai?
Girona really have nothing to play for other than pride. No one wants to get beaten at home, so expect a fight, albeit with some rotation, from the Catalan side. Girona have only beaten Slovan Bratislava in the UCL so far - one of two teams not to score a single point. Let's keep this one nice and clean, no more injuries, no dropped points, carry our momentum into the City game.
We have a stretch of 3 games in the coming week which round off this absolutely mental stretch of fixtures. We face City 4 days after Girona, and then head up to SJP for the second leg of the EFL Cup against Newcastle the following Wednesday. Then we have a 10 day breather in which we can regroup.