Portsmouth v Arsenal Betting Tips: Will Arsenal avoid a cup upset?
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Portsmouth are the lowest ranked team left in theFA Cup fifth round and will start off as underdogs against the thirteen-timewinners, Arsenal tonight.
The Gunners will be keen to reach thequarter-finals following their disappointing Europa League exit and MikelArteta is likely to keep faith in his young stars at Fratton Park against theLeague One club.
The action gets underway at 7:45pm on BT Sport 1and we’ve got all the pre-match odds and info right here…
Match Odds
It’s nosurprise that Arsenalare 4/9 favourites having already beaten Leeds United and Bournemouth inthe earlier rounds.
But who doesn’t love an underdog? The FA Cup isrenowned for its famous upsets and if you fancy Pompey to spring a surprisethey are priced at 6/1outsiders.
Portsmouth have not made the quarter-final of theFA Cup since 2009-10, when they ended up reaching the final. Kenny Jackett’sside will look to make it difficult for the Premier League visitors and willfancy their chances under the lights with home advantage.
If the scores remain level after 90 minutes extratime and penalties will be played with a price of 17/5 for a draw.
Talking tactics
Fratton Park is a difficult place to go and MikelArteta knows that this is his last chance of silverware this season as he bidsto get Arsenal’s season back on track.
Arsenal will need to make changes to an injury hitsquad, especially in defence. Kieran Tierney, Sead Kolasinac and Calum Chambersare still missing, which means Bukayo Saka is expected to start at left-back.Shkodran Mustafi is also a doubt so Pablo Mari could be in line for his firststart.
A midfield pair of Matteo Guendouzi, Granit Xhakawill need to protect a make-shift back line and look to exploit the creativespark of Nicolas Pepe, Joe Willock, Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Martinelli.
For Pompey, captain Tom Naylor and Ronan Curtisshould recover from knocks picked up in Friday night’s win over Rochdale. Thehosts could choose to retain much of the starting XI that started on Fridaywith Steve Seddon pushing for a start after scoring off the bench against Dale.
Goalscorer Odds
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the obvious goalthreat for Arsenal if he plays. He is 8/13favourite to score anytime and is 11/2 to score in either half with ourPrice Boost. Eddie Nketiah has scored in each of his last three domesticcup games and is 19/20 to continue his goalscoring form.
For Portsmouth, top scorer Ronan Curtis will lookto add to his tally of 13 goals this season. The striker is 17/2 to score firstand 25/1to score 2 or more against a leaky Arsenal back line.
Match info
Where: Fratton Park, Portsmouth
When: 7:45pm, Monday 2nd March
How to watch: BT Sport 1
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All Odds and Markets are correct as of the date ofpublishing.
