Arsenal turn their attention away from the Premier League as they face a Carabao Cup clash against Championship side Preston.
The Gunners make the trip up North as they look to bounce back from a 2-2 draw against Liverpool last weekend. They have won just one of their last three games and will want to get back into winning form ahead of a trip to Newcastle at on Saturday.
Mikel Arteta’s side have faced several injury concerns as of late with Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Odegaard, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Gabriel all set to miss Wednesday night’s game against Preston due to injury problems.
The Arsenal boss may decide to rotate the squad with a few youngsters coming into the team such as Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly likely having to start after both coming off the bench against Liverpool on Sunday. Click here to see our predicted XI for Arsenal at Deepdale on Wednesday.
The Gunners face a Preston side who are 16th in the Championship having earnt 14 points from their first 12 matches in the second tier. They have drawn consecutive games against Plymouth Argyle and Norwich City.
Arsenal unsurprisingly favoured in betting odds
The Gunners will be huge favourites heading into the EFL Cup Round of 16 game as they face a Preston side who will go into the game as big underdogs, hoping to cause the biggest upset of the competition so far.
According to Oddschecker, Arsenal are backed at 4/11 to win which gives them a 73.3% chance of beating Preston at Deepdale.
Whereas, the home side are backed to win at 19/2 which gives them just a 9.5% chance of beating Mikel Arteta’s side on Wednesday. A draw is backed at 9/2 which would take the game to penalties.
We predict a 3-1 win for the Gunners who should find Wednesday night a comfortable trip to Deepdale and a chance to get back to winning ways and into the quarter finals.
Where to watch the Gunners play against Preston
The game kicks off at 7.45 pm on Wednesday 30 October at Deepdale in Preston and will be available to watch on Sky Sports + with coverage beginning at 7.40 pm.
For non-Sky customers, highlights of the Arsenal game will be posted on Sky Sports’ YouTube channel after the final whistle.