Betting tips for Arsenal vs Ostersunds - 22.02.2018

A week after having seen the faces in Sweden, the Arsenal receives, this Thursday in the Emirates, the Ostersunds, in the round of the sixteenth of end of the Europa League. The Londoners did not play on a weekend dedicated to the FA Cup, which they have already eliminated and must manage the 3-0 lead secured in Scandinavia, with many rotations and thinking of Sunday's game with Manchester City, the final of the League Cup. Meanwhile, the Swedes also had a week to prepare for the London duel as they are in the pre-season of their country, only with Cup matches.

Arsenal hosts the Swedes a week after having achieved a comfortable victory at home (0-3), which must have decided the tie. This victory was only the fourth for the Londoners in the last eleven games and in the Premier they are still sixth, already seven points behind Tottenham and eight from Chelsea, which is the first team in the qualifying zone for the Champions League. The Gunners are betting on winning the EFL Cup, whose final is played on Sunday against Manchester City. The London team has, in the total of all competitions, 22 wins, 9 draws and 10 defeats, with 77 goals scored and 47 received and had in Walcott and Giroud their top scorers in this competition, two players traded in the revolution suffered by the staff in the winter market, the same one that brought the Emirates to Mkhitaryan and Aubameyang. The Gabonese striker will not be able to represent his new club in this competition since his former team will also dispute and will join Ramsey, Cazorla and Lacazette in the list of casualties for the match. Regarding the eleven, taking into account the final on Sunday, Wenger should present many rotations, betting to manage the advantage in the tie. Only Ospina, Elneny, Niles and the attack trio formed by Iwobi, Welbeck and Mkhitaryan will maintain the title.
The Ostersunds FK comes to this match later, just like their opponent having a free weekend. The first leg was only the second official of the Swedes so far this year, having won Telleborg (3-0) in the Swedish Cup. The team led by Englishman Graham Potter finished last season in the fifth position of the Swedish league, in his second participation in the top category of the Nordic country, getting his first title in the Cup. He also made his European debut with a fantastic classification. for the sixteenth, finished in second place in his group, tied with Athletic, first. The Swedish team assumed the leadership of the group in the first days, having achieved only one victory in the last 3 games, in a phase that their domestic league had already finished. Now, in full pre season, the Nordics face Arsenal, having lost Bachirou and Somi in the winter market, absences supplied by the arrival Islamovic, who debuted with a goal, in Copo. Potter, who has his main figure in Ghoddos, should not have Bertilsson, Suljevic and Aiesh injured and should present his best eleven, trying his best to come back in the Emirates. Islamovic, substitute in the first leg should be the main novelty in the eleven.

Arsenal vs Ostersunds   Prediction: 1/1 1.50

Arsenal vs Ostersunds  Betting tip: Over 3.5 Goals @ 1.80

Arsenal vs Ostersunds Score recommendations: 3-1 10.00