Arsenal open at home to Coventry on contrasting form

Recent form points opposite ways

Arsenal have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five recent matches, a run that included a 3-0 win over MNC and defeats to BET and DOR. Coventry arrive with five straight wins in recent matches, the most recent a 2-0 victory over MON. That sequence stretches back to April and includes a 5-1 win over POR and a 4-0 result against WAT.

History favours the home side

The two clubs have met twice in the data on record, both times ending in Arsenal wins. The most recent meeting finished 4-0, while an earlier encounter ended 6-1. Those two matches produced 11 goals in total. A win on Friday would take Arsenal to three points from one match, the same destination Coventry would reach with victory. A draw would leave both on one point from one played.

Arsenal's summer business included Konsa to Arsenal: the deal, the detour, the medical, though lineups for Friday had not been announced at the time of writing.

Confirmed line-ups

Arsenal (4-3-3): David Raya, Gabriel Magalhães, Cristhian Mosquera, Riccardo Calafiori, Ben White, Declan Rice, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Ødegaard, Kai Havertz, Christos Tzolis, Bukayo Saka

Coventry City (4-3-3): Carl Rushworth, Aurèle Amenda, Bobby Thomas, Jay Da Silva, Milan van Ewijk, Caleb Yirenkyi, Matt Grimes, Frank Onyeka, Ellis Simms, Loum Tchaouna, Brandon Thomas-Asante

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