Two teams with European aspirations will go head to head at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday when Arsenal welcome high-flying Leicester City to North London.
The Gunners have made a timely return to form to ensure that they are still in the running for European qualification, while Leicester also got back to winning ways last time out.
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Arsenal appeared close to crisis following defeats against Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion in their first two games back after lockdown, but they have since turned that form around to get their 2019-20 campaign back on track.
A run of four successive wins across all competitions, including three in the Premier League, has lifted them up to seventh place - good enough for Europa League football and still in with a shout for Champions League qualification.
Six points is the gap to fifth-placed Manchester United as things stand, which could be difficult to bridge given the Red Devils' form but it is also far from unassailable.
Mikel Arteta's side will take particular confidence from Saturday's 2-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers - their first away win over a team starting the day above them in the table since September 2015 - as they upset the formbook at Molineux.
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Perhaps the aspect of their upturn in form which will have pleased Arteta the most will be their defensive improvement, with Arsenal's previously leaky defence having now kept three clean sheets in a row.
It is the first time since November 2017 that the Gunners have won three league games in a row without conceding, and their record at home also shows huge signs of improvement with four clean sheets in their last six such games, having kept only one in their previous 13.
Arsenal are yet to taste a home league defeat in 2020, taking 16 points from a possible 18 in that time, including victories in each of their last four for the first time since April 2019.
By contrast, Leicester are winless away from home since New Year's Day - a five-match run from which they have taken only two points from a possible 15 - and that could stretch to six for the first time since February 2017.
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The Foxes did finally pick up their first win since lockdown on Saturday, though, with a 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace ending a four-game winless streak across all competitions in timely fashion.
While Jamie Vardy dominated the headlines in the wake of that result - and rightly so after joining the exclusive Premier League 100 club - in the grander scheme of things it was a crucial victory which allowed Leicester to keep hold of their top-four place.
Chelsea and Manchester United are both hot on their heels, though, and considering Leicester must still face United - as well as Arsenal, Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur - in their final five games, there is little margin for error.
The Gunners also have a difficult upcoming run of fixtures - including the North London derby at Tottenham this weekend - but if they are able to extend their winning run against Leicester then their outside hopes of Champions League qualification would be given another valuable boost.
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Nicolas Pepe missed the match against Wolves due to his wife giving birth, but the club-record signing is expected back for this one.
Mesut Ozil was also absent at the weekend as he continues to struggle with a back injury, although he too could be in contention to feature should he pass a late fitness test.
Arsenal have been hit worse than most teams by injuries since the restart, with Bernd Leno, Gabriel Martinelli, Pablo Mari and Calum Chambers all out for the remainder of the season.
Alexandre Lacazette will be hoping that his goal from the bench earns him a rare start, having once again seen Eddie Nketiah chosen ahead of him last time out.
Leicester will give James Maddison every chance to prove his fitness ahead of the match, although the playmaker could miss out again.
Ben Chilwell and Ayoze Perez will also undergo late fitness tests after both being forced off against Palace - Chilwell suffered an Achilles issue and so is less likely to recover in time whereas Ayoze got a knock to his ankle.
Ricardo Pereira and Daniel Amartey remain sidelined for the Foxes, but Brendan Rodgers could once again start both Vardy and Kelechi Iheanacho after both scored last time out.
Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Martinez; Mustafi, Luiz, Kolasinac; Bellerin, Ceballos, Xhaka, Tierney; Saka, Lacazette, Aubameyang
Leicester possible starting lineup:
Schmeichel; Justin, Evans, Soyuncu, Fuchs; Ayoze, Ndidi, Tielemans, Barnes; Iheanacho, Vardy
We say: Arsenal 2-1 Leicester
This is a fascinating contest, especially given Arsenal's recent upturn in form. The Gunners have been good at home while Leicester have struggled on the road, so we are going against the league table and predicting an Arsenal win.
Leicester have not won a league game away to the Gunners since 1973, and that 47-year drought could be prolonged again this week.
Barney Corkhill
Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Leicester City win with a probability of 40.16%. A win for Arsenal had a probability of 35.11% and a draw had a probability of 24.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Leicester City win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.7%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.28%) and 0-2 (6.24%). The likeliest Arsenal win was 2-1 (8.05%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.54%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 11.5% likelihood.
