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Arsenal vs Leicester City prediction and odds: Gabriel Martinelli tipped to continue goalscoring form

Arsenal will be looking to continue their winning start to the season as they welcome Leicester City to the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League. The Gunners got off to the perfect start with a 2-0 win over neighbours Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park while the Foxes dropped a two-goal lead in their draw against Brentford.

Mikel Arteta's side are 8/15 favourites with Betway to maintain their winning start while Brendan Rodgers and his players are 5/1 for only the second time at N7 in almost 50 years while a draw is 7/2. The Gunners have won their last three Premier League matches against their opponents picking up seven goals and conceding just once.

The pace has been set after a Gabriel Martinelli strike and a Marc Guehi own goal opened the club's account in the Premier League's curtain raiser and have a set of favourable fixtures on paper before the first North London Derby in October as they look to secure their first top four spot in seven years come the end of the season.

Meanwhile, Leicester will be looking to improve on last weekend's disappointment after dropping two points from a promising winning position at 2-0 at Brentford at the King Power Stadium. They will be keen to improve on their head-to-head record over the hosts too who managed to do the double over the Foxes in the league last season.

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Tips

  • Gabriel Martinelli to score anytime - 15/8
  • Arsenal to win to nil - 8/5

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Players to watch

Gabriel Martinelli started strongly at the start of the Premier League season while Gabriel Jesus will be keen to translate his form in pre-season to the domestic game. Both Brazilians will be high Mikel Arteta's list of players to start especially with Martinelli finding the net against Palace on the opening night and is 15/8 to find the net while Jesus - priced as 19/20 anytime - will be keen to open his account quickly.

Jamie Vardy will be the main threat from the visitors who has an impressive record against the Gunners. The former England international has scored 11 times against Arsenal in the Premier League - more than any other side in the top tier of English football - but has failed to score in his last two outings but never gone three in a row and not featured on the scoresheet.

Head-to-head

This will be the 149th meeting between the two clubs with Arsenal picking up 70 wins, 46 draws and 32 defeats in all competitions against Leicester. In the league, this will be the 133rd clash between the sides with the Gunners picking up 63 wins, 46 wins and 32 losses against the Foxes.

Last season, the Arteta's side done the league double over their opponents for the first time in six years with two 2-0 wins - which is 13/2 to happen a third time.

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