Girona – Arsenal

Girona can also win a match without motivation

Girona will play Arsenal at home on Wednesday, 29 January. The Catalans bid farewell to the European cups after a disappointing campaign. The Londoners are confidently moving on - no one has any sporting motivation. Arsenal will definitely get into the top-8 while Girona will not be able to cling on to the 24th place. Girona will host Arsenal on the back of three consecutive defeats. The team lost to Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish championship. This is a very unpleasant symptom. The saddest thing is that the defeat from the "bees" was well-deserved - the opponent created 3xG moments. The same failure happened at home against Sevilla. The Catalans still had a lot of luck in La Liga. Michel's wards should have conceded eight goals, according to advanced statistics. Girona are getting a transitional season. In La Liga, Girona are definitely not fighting for the top 4 anymore - a classic mid-table side. The only positive can only be found in the deep squad - there are not a lot of injured players at the moment. In attack, a group of peculiar APL underdogs are matched in names: Danjuma, Van de Beek, Hil. All have previously faced Arsenal more than once in England. At the Londoners in this match you can expect on the field of reserves. The game has no tournament significance, and ahead - one of the key meetings in the championship against Manchester City. The leaders will definitely need freshness there. Most likely, those who will have little chance to help in the big game will take the field here. We should expect Zinchenko, Jorginho, Kiviora and Sterling from the first minutes. With this line-up, Arsenal will also be stronger than Girona on paper, but the hosts will definitely have more chances. The Londoners already left a lot of energy in a difficult match against Wolverhampton. They had to suffer a lot in the game with the outsider. The absence of the former sharpness and two finishers - Saka and Jesús - is an impact. Without injured players, Arsenal are not always able to create many chances. Also, Mikel Merino is still undergoing treatment, Martin Edegaard has caught a virus and two defenders Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu will be absent. Arsenal are mysteriously put out as clear favourites in the line up, although the second line-up is considerably weaker. The Englishmen have almost everyone there in poor form. Girona in La Liga is not burdened with tournament difficulties. Footballers will surely try to play against Arsenal to win. The plot of the meeting with a big advantage of the English is very doubtful. Arteta will definitely not pull the main performers, and in the rotation in general can go out young players without serious European Cup experience. The odds of 5.50 are definitely too high on Girona. The Catalans can definitely win with a handicap.