Overview
Arsenal will aim for another important step in the Premier League title race when hosting Burnley at the Emirates Stadium.
The race is entering a decisive phase as Arsenal currently leads Manchester City by 2 points, in the context that there are only two rounds left in the season.
If they beat Burnley - a team that has officially been relegated - Arsenal will widen the gap to 5 points. At that time, any result other than Man City's victory over Bournemouth would be enough to help the "Gunners" win the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years.
The current scenario could have been very different if West Ham had not been denied an equalizer in injury time in last weekend's match, after a controversial VAR decision at the London stadium. Finally, Leandro Trossard's only goal was enough to help Arsenal win 1-0 along with 3 important points.
In the match against Burnley, The Gunners continued to expect Viktor Gyokeres' form. This striker has scored 9 out of 14 goals in the Premier League this season at the Emirates Stadium.
If he continues to score against Burnley, Gyokeres will become the fourth player to score 10 or more home goals in his first season wearing an Arsenal shirt, after Thierry Henry in the 1999-2000 season, Olivier Giroud in the 2012-2013 season and Alexandre Lacazette in the 2017-2018 season.
Although the performance against West Ham was not really convincing, Mikel Arteta affirmed that Arsenal is in a very positive mental state before the end of the season.
However, they still face personnel problems in defense. Ben White has to be out for the rest of the season due to knee injuries, while Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori are still uncertain to be able to play.
However, the squad depth continues to be an important foundation for Arsenal this season. Their reserve players have directly scored or assisted 17 times in the Premier League - the most in the league.
Meanwhile, Burnley will try to take advantage of the spaces in the right flank of Arsenal's defense to create a surprise, after just drawing 2-2 with Aston Villa in the previous round.
However, Burnley's form is still very worrying. This team has only won 1 in the last 27 matches in the Premier League, drawn 8 and lost 18 matches.
Burnley's away record at the end of the season also does not bring much hope. In the last 9 Premier League seasons, they have only won 2 away matches at the end of the season - against Aston Villa in the 2014-2015 season and Norwich City in the 2019-2020 season.
Interim coach Mike Jackson confirmed that Connor Roberts will not be able to participate, while Hannibal Mejbri still leaves open the possibility of playing.
Head-to-head record
Arsenal has a superior head-to-head record against Burnley in the Premier League. In the last 19 encounters, the "Gunners" have only lost one match, won 14 and drawn 4.
Not only inferior in terms of results, Burnley also faced many difficulties in scoring against Arsenal. In all 19 Premier League encounters, this team has never scored more than one goal in a match, with a total of only 9 goals.
With their current form, Burnley is even lower rated for their ability to create surprises. Arsenal have won 16 clean sheet victories in the Premier League this season - a record only behind them in the 2023-2024 season with 17 matches.
Score prediction: Arsenal 1-0 Burnley
The match between Arsenal and Burnley takes place at 2:00 AM on May 19 (Vietnam time).
