Happy Halloween Arsenal FC supporters! Will tonight’s fourth round of the League Cup clash at home against Blackpool be trick or treat for the Gunners? Obviously, manager Unai Emery will be keeping one eye on the huge Premier League fixture against Liverpool this weekend when fielding his team tonight, but at the same time Arsenal won’t be brushing this match off.
The draw at Crystal Palace was extremely disappointing and frustrating, and it felt like a defeat. There’s no better way to move on from the negative emotion of that result than to achieve a new positive result here.
The Bank Arsenal FC Starting XI Prediction vs Blackpool
Forwards: Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Danny Welbeck, Alex Iwobi
Midfielders: Mohamed Elneny, Aaron Ramsey
Wingbacks: Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Matteo Guendouzi
Defenders: Zech Medley, Sokraitis, Rob Holding
Goalkeeper: Petr Cech
League Cup: Blackpool at Arsenal FC FYIs
Kickoff/TV: Wednesday, October 31, 7:45 PM local, Emirates Stadium, ESPN2
Injury report/match preview: go to this link
Odds via Odds Checker: Blackpool 20/1, Draw 8/1, Arsenal FC 1/9
Prediction: Arsenal FC 3, Blackpool 2
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