It all comes down to this- win, and hope that your fellow London club (West Ham United) do something to help you out. When Arsenal host Everton on Championship Sunday, they will have a lot of support.
Not just their fans, but also the neutrals and the Manchester City haters will be on their side.
Championship Sunday FYIs
Kickoff: Sun. May 19,ย 4pm, ย Emirates Stadium, London, UK
Arsenal Preview Material: Starting XI Predictionย ย Team News
Transatlantic Passage: How the Premier League Redefined Soccer in America:ย LINK
PL Position, Form:ย Arsenal 2nd, 86 pts,ย WWWWWย ย Evertonย 15th, 40 pts, WDWWW
Google Result Probability: Manchester Cityย 82%ย ย Drawย 12%ย Everton 6%
Everyone who is tired of the Man City hegemony of the Premier League will be pulling for them. Well, maybe not Tottenham or Chelsea supporters, but everyone else.
The Gunners may have the goal differential advantage on City, but that is simply not enough. They need a win plus the Hammers to draw or beat City to make their dreams come true this weekend.
Arteta will put his strongest, most talented team out there.
We think it looks like this:
Arsenal FC Starting XI Prediction vs Everton
David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus
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