Game: VILLAREAL vs ARSENAL
Type: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Date: 7 April, 2009
PREVIEW
1st leg of the Champion League quarterfinal sees the Yellow Submarine welcoming the Gunners to El Madrigal stadium. Villareal's preparation for this match were disrupted by their 0-3 trashing by Almeria over the weekend. They will be looking to make amends against an Arsenal team that is getting most of their injured players back to the line up again. At home, Villareal are unbeaten in their last 7 and did not concede in their last two matches.
Meanwhile, Arsenal will welcome key midfielder Fabregas as well as Adebayor back as they seek to progress further in this competition. The Gunners have won their last four matches on the trot and will be oozing with confidence for this game. Away from home, they have 2W 1D 2L in this competition and scoring an average of 0.80 goals per game.
KWIK STATS
HOME > VILLAREAL
AWAY > ARSENAL
THE PICK
Apart from the freak 6-3 win against AaB Aalborg in the qualifying group, Villareal averaged 0.50 goals per game while Arsenal averaged 0.80 goals in this competition. If past season results were to be considered as a yardstick, this game would definitely end at UNDER 2.5 goals.
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