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ARSENAL v FENERBAHCE
Date: Wednesday 5th November
Time: 19.45 BST
Competition: Champions League Group G
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Arsenal suffered their third league defeat of the season, going down 1-2 at Stoke. They were guilty of not being able to cope with Stoke's throw-in specialist Rory Delap but they also failed to take control of the sort of game they need to win if they had any hope of challenging for the title.
Defensively, the Gunners do look vulnerable; they have conceded six in a week (4-4 against Spurs and the Stoke game) and their last game against Fenerbahce, although they won 5-2 in Istanbul, they had goalkeeper Almunia to thank because they could have at least drawn the game.
Arsenal have two clean sheets at The Emirates Stadium, but both sides are currently in the bottom four in the Premiership.
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In attack, Walcott and Adebayor suffered minor injuries at the weekend, but Arsenal should welcome them back for Wednesday.
Fenerbahce drew 2-2 at Eskisehirspor on Saturday, with Alex scoring a brace. Their previous game, they won 5-2 at home against Bursaspor, but they too have been plagued by defensive insecurity.
In the Turkish league, they may be second highest scorers, but they also have the worst defensive record of any side outside the relegation zone and currently lie in 10th.
Arsenal are a very low $1.28 to win this game - they have the ability to score goals (apart from the 5 in Istanbul, they thrashed Porto 4-0) and have proved that so far in the Premiership also.
However, defensively, they look set to gift an attack-minded Fenerbahce side some chances and the goals market looks the way to go.
Eight of Arsenal's sixteen games in total this season have seen more than 3.5 goals. Fenerbahce, for their part, have also seen eight of sixteen games end with over 3.5 goals.
The Over 2.5 market is around $1.60, so the Over 3.5 market above $2.10 looks good value. Over 3.5 goals is available at Victor Chandler at $2.50 and has to be considered.
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