ARSENAL v READING (EPL)

<1.22> <4.80> <9.80>

arsenal arsenal arsenal, a terrible run of form has seen them tumble out of contention for every competition they were involved in. the matches they have lost though, against liverpool, chelsea, manu, all had something in common. arsenal dominated all the exchanges, and generally deserved to draw, or even win all of them. such is their luck, that they emerged with losses at crucial moments. now that wenger has conceded the title, i fully expect him to start walcott, ahead of eboue. this would give arsenal the freshness needed to bring the fans some cheer. reading, looked very poor against fulham at the madejski stadium last week, managing ZERO shots on target. arsenal to win this one.

- edit: Eddy's prediction: $5 on arsenal @ 1.22 = $6.10. I'd put $10 before, but now I'm not so sure, especially as it seems reading are gonna reshuffle their pack radically. they need the points desperately as well, so $5 will do it for me.

Arsenal will win this one. They deserved to win against Manchester United but failed to because it's not their year. They will carry their performance into the next match because they have nothing else to play for having being knocked out of the Champions League. Expect Wenger to bleed his youngsters and perhaps sub on Denilson and Walcott in the second half after they have already overrun a Reading who haven't been living up to their first season form.

- Roland's prediction: $10 on Arsenal @ 1.22 = $12.20