A FRIDAY FLING!
Arsenal v Coventry City. 21st of August 2026 @the Emirates Stadium, London.
KO: 8.00pm UK time
Expected weather: Partly cloudy, 19°( feels like 16°) and 10% chance of rain.
Predicted win for Arsenal : 80.8%
Predicted win for Coventry: 6.1%
TODAYS GUESTS:
The 206/27 Premier League season opens with us hosting newly promoted champions from the CBS Arena, Coventry City, so it’s champions versus champions.
I’m sure all of us would have preferred to have been playing on a Saturday, as the Friday night schedule doesn’t always work in our favour, which our visitors from the midlands will be seeking to exploit, just as Brentford did some seasons ago?
Frank Lampard’s team have bolstered their system with six new players, which we can see as a sign of intent. Frankie has a 54%-win rate with this side, and Coventry come into this match unbeaten in eleven, and have avoided defeat in their last eight charabanc away-days. We have to travel back in time to 1999 to uncover the inglorious stats that show when an Arsenal side last lost to the Sky Blues (3-2), since then, all clashes with Coventry has been dominated by the Gunners.
THE MIGHTY CANNON:
Having despatched Man City and equalled Manchester United’s historical haul in the Community Shield, I’m sure we will be champing at the bit to show what we can do as title defenders? The real problem I suppose that’s been flying like a mad-bat at dusk, is a reoccurring dilemma; one we have seen that pops up time after time when a team wins a title: how do you not self-destruct in pursuit of trying to reach the next level? I have no personal answers, and to offer any I would expect to have my palm crossed with silver. How often have we witnessed the hind-sighted mumblings of fans, who have watched an extremely successful side, that pulled in the trophies, pointing out that they get broken up too soon?
Although personally I’m sad to see Trossard go, with the addition of Tzolis and Big Bruno I feel positively Arsenal, and I’m sure will do the business for us and the squad still looks balanced, albeit problems with crocked players. We do have coverage for the wounded and for the long flight of the season, and the transfer window is still open. Here’s hoping for a comfortable cruise in the wake of last season’s success, that was sometimes through harmony.
COYG!
Mills
