FA Cup Bets: Arsenal v Leeds

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Join BetRepublic.com for the best FA Cup bets as we preview the final game of the Third Round as Arsenal welcome Leeds United to the Emirates Stadium this evening.

19:45 – Arsenal v Leeds:

With a home tie against Aston Villa up for grabs to the winner of this Third Round FA Cup tie and a chance at moving one step closer to playing at Wembley, both Arsenal and Leeds will be desperate to win this match. Will it be the Premier League side or the Championship team that takes the honours this evening? Bet365.com fancy the home win and their Arsenal v Leeds odds are as follows:

Arsenal odds – 1.29

Draw odds – 5.50

Leeds odds – 10.00

While Arsenal have lost two of their last five matches, both of these defeats have come on the road and at the Emirates Stadium they have lost just twice in 17 matches in all competitions this season. Those defeats came against Liverpool in their first home Premier League match of the season, when they were started the season off slowly, and against Manchester City in the Carling Cup in a close match. They have resigned Thierry Henry on loan for the next two months during the off season of the MLS, now can the 34 year old offer some scoring support for Robin van Persie? Henry is likely to start this game and he’ll want to hit the ground running, but can he inspire this Arsenal team to victory?

Leeds claimed their first win in five in their last game after picking up just a single point in their previous four Championship matches as their scoring form deserted them and they scored just two goals in those four games. Their win came at home and their away form of late has not been good as they have not taken all three points on the road since the end of November and that was against relegation threatened Nottingham Forest. They need to turn things around, but can they kick start things with an win over Arsenal?

These sides last met a year ago at the same round of last season’s FA Cup and Leeds claimed a 1-1 draw at the Emirates before losing 3-1 at Elland Road in the replay. Arsenal are unbeaten in four games against Leeds and they last were beaten by Leeds in 2003 when Leeds won 3-2 at Highbury. With Arsenal having Thierry Henry back in their ranks for this game, we feel that they’ll be massively boosted and that they’ll win this match easily enough.

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Betting Tips Recommendation:

We are backing Arsenal/Arsenal HT/FT @ 1.67.

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