Football. Ua presents the announcement of the match of the first round of the English Premier League between Arsenal and Leicester.

Arsenal - Leicester Friday, 21:45, London, Emirates Stadium. Live broadcast on Football2.

Online text broadcast of the match.

Approximate compositions:.

Arsenal: Czech - Holding, Mustafi, Montreal - Belierin, Jaca, Elneni, Kolasinac - Welbeck, Iwobi - Lacazette.

Leicester: Schmajhel - Simpson, Maguire, Morgan, Fuchs - Marez, Ndidi, Amarti, Gray - Iheanacho, Vardi.

Do not play: Cazorla, Sanchez, Kocelni - Iborra, Huth, Drinkwater.

In doubt: Mustafi, Wilshire, Ozil, Ramsey, Coquelin, Paulista - Slimani, Iheanacho.

Scorers: - Referee: Mike Dean.

At last! She's coming back! The next draw of the English Premier League starts today! Open the season called the two best teams of the season before last - Lester and Arsenal. It is worth noting that the past campaign was issued for the teams not so successful - the "foxes" took only 12th place, and Arsenal finished fifth and for the first time in more than 20 years did not get into the Champions League.

In the summer, the teams made some interesting transfers. At Arsenal, you can expect at the start of just two newcomers - defender Sead Kolashinats and most importantly - the most expensive player in the history of the club, Alexander Lakazetta, designed to terrorize the rivals of the "Gunners". Lester is not yet ready to play Vicente Iborra, but the former Hull player Garry Maguire is to appear in the defense, and Jamey Vardi's pair in the center of the attack can be Kelechi Iheanacho.

Arsenal comes to the fight in a great mood - recently Arsene Wenger once again outplayed Antonio Conte - the "Gunners" celebrated victory over Chelsea in the Super Bowl of England. Lester did not win the trophies, but in the last friendly match he also won - Monchengladbach Borussia (2-1).

As for the statistics, it is in many ways in favor of Arsenal: the Gunners won the last 7 matches against Leicester in all tournaments, won in the last 5 home matches in the Premier League in a row, and Lester was unable to win in 19 of 21 last away battle in the championship. And there is only one "but" - Arsenal only once in the last 7 years, won in the first round of the Premier League.

Interesting Facts:.

- For the first time in 129 years, the elite English division begins on Friday.

- Arsenal won the last 10 Premier League home matches against Leicester, this is a record for the "Gunners" winning streak against one opponent.

- Last season, Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal became the only player who reached two-digit scores on goals (24) and assists (10) in the Premier League. However, today he still does not play.

- Jamie Vardi scored the last three goals of Leicester Arsenal in the Premier League (twice he opened the account), but has never won the "Gunners".

The trainers say:.

Arsene Wenger, Arsenal: "We are well prepared and ready to fight. Now the question is to convert the quality of training into glasses ".

Craig Shakespeare, Leicester: "We have a match against the holders of the Cup and the Super Bowl of England. Arsenal has an incredibly powerful composition of ".

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