Chris Sutton has predicted on BBC Sport that Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal will beat Brendan Rodgers’s Leicester City in the Premier League this weekend.
The former Chelsea striker believes that Arsenal will pick up all three points from the encounter against Leicester away from home courtesy of a 3-1 win.
Mikel Arteta’s side will lock horns with Brendan Rodgers’s team at the King Power Stadium in the league on Saturday.
Arsenal will head into the match against the Foxes on the back of a 4-2 win against Aston Villa away from home at Villa Park in the Premier League.
The Gunners are at the top of the league table at the moment with 54 points from 23 matches, two points ahead of second-placed and defending champions Manchester City, who have played 24 games.
Meanwhile, Leicester currently find themselves 14th in the standings with 24 points from 23 games, just four points above the bottom three.
CHRIS SUTTON PREDICTS LEICESTER CITY VS ARSENAL
Sutton wrote: “Leicester are in a relegation scrap, which is hard to understand when you consider the attacking talent they have got.
“The Foxes’ issue is that they are so brittle at the back, which is why I think there will be goals in this game and also why I am going to back Arsenal to win it.
“I want to see a title race and I loved the way the Gunners found a way of getting the three points against Villa last week after trailing twice. They really showed their mettle, and it must have been a huge boost to their confidence.
“”Now they have to back it up with another win here, but I do feel their trip to King Power Stadium will be more straightforward.
“They will have plenty of chances, because their forwards will be able to get at the Foxes’ backline.”
A footnote added: “Sutton’s prediction: 1-3”.
WHO WILL WIN?
Like Chris Sutton, we also predict Arsenal to win against Leicester City.
However, we believe that the Gunners will not find it easy and will have to work extremely hard to pick up all three points against the Foxes.
Yes, Leicester are not having a good season, but the former Premier League champions do have good players who can really hurt the Gunners.
