Wednesday 25 February 2015

25.2. - Matchday Wednesday

The 1st leg of the last-16 will end up with two interesting matches. Monaco will face the Gunners in London and Atletico Madrid are looking for a positive result against Bayer Leverkusen.

Arsenal - Monaco
Monaco are one of the easiest sides to face the Gunners at this stage in terms of individual quality and experience in the Champions League. Although the French side had the best defensive record in the group stage (conceding only 1 goal and scoring 4 goals).

Arsenal lost against Barcelona, AC Milan and 2x Bayern Munich at the last-16 stage in the last four years. I'm sure they are more than ready to get something out of it this time.
The Gunners are in good home form (9 consecutive wins) and with all the squad available for Arsene Wenger, there's a smell of home advantage. Time for Sanchez and Ozil to prove their worth (or not). I also think Wenger won't risk too much if its not necessary.

On the other side we have motivated Monaco with stable defance and midfield with the likes of Dimitar Berbatov, Anthony Martial, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco and Joao Moutinho.

Under 2.5 (1.70 Bet365) 6/10