Arsenal vs Luton LIVE commentary: Gunners can regain Premier League top spot by extending 15-year record – kick-off time, team news and talkSPORT coverage
Arsenal can briefly regain their place at the top of the Premier League table when they return home to host Luton Town this week.
The Gunners gave up control of the first to Liverpool after having champions city of manchester to a 0-0 draw at the weekend.
Mikel ArtetaThe men are now two distance behind the Reds, but play ahead of them in the midweek round of matches and can set a score.
However, Luton turned out to be one of ArsenalThe most difficult games of this season, with the club needing a goal from Declan Rice in the seventh minute of added time to seal a 4-3 victory in December.
The Hatters will return to north London for the second time in a matter of days, having lost 2-1 to Tottenham.
Rob Edward's side took the lead against neighbors Arsenal but their latest defeat kept them in the relegation zone on goal difference.
Arsenal vs Luton: Home comforts
The Gunners only need to extend their unblemished record against 2022-23 Championship teams this year to regain top spot.
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 38 Premier League home games against newly promoted sides (W33 D5), winning each of the last nine.
Their outstanding run against newly promoted sides dates back to Hull City's stunning 2-1 comeback in September 2008.
Arsenal have won all five of their league games against newly promoted teams this season, scoring at least three goals each time.
The most combined goals any team has scored against newly promoted sides in a Premier League campaign is 24: Arsenal in 2012-13.
- Following their 4-3 win at Kenilworth Road in December, Arsenal are looking to complete their first league double over Luton since the 1983-84 campaign.
- Luton have conceded at least twice in each of their last 11 away league games against Arsenal, losing the last 10 in a row (D1). This is his first visit to the Gunners since the 2-0 defeat in August 1991.
- Luton have scored in each of their last 18 Premier League games, the longest scoring streak in the competition. However, they have only won four of these 18 games and have not won in the last nine (D3 L6).
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Arsenal-Luton: team news
Bukayo Saka is set to provide the hosts with a major physical boost, with Arteta revealing He limped off the Etihad pitch with only slight fatigue.
Gabriel Martinelli He returned in that game from the bench and could now start, with Jurrien Timber the remaining absentee due to injury.
Meanwhile, Luton will be without Arsenal loanee Albert Sambi Lokonga, who is ineligible to play against his parent club.
The club's dire injury crisis got worse last time out, with Reece Burke, Alfie Doughty and Tahith Chong all sustained blows.
The Hatters are already running out Tom LockyerAmari'i Bell, Wonderful Nakamba, Elias AdebayoDan Potts, Mads Andersen, Chiedozie Ogbene, Jacob Brown and Gabriel Osho.
- With eight goals and four assists, Arsenal captain Martin Ødegaard has been involved in 12 goals in his last 12 Premier League games against newly promoted sides.
- Having provided just one assist (0 goals) in his first eight Premier League home games for Arsenal, Kai Havertz has now been involved in four goals in his last five at the Emirates Stadium (3 goals, 1 assist).
- Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesús turns 27 on the day of this match. He scored on his 24th birthday for Manchester City against Leicester and could become the first player to score a Premier League goal on his birthday for two different clubs.
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Arsenal-Luton: What was said?
Arteta was asked what effect the club's 0-0 draw at the Etihad has on morale for the rest of the title race.
He said, “Build faith.
“The momentum and good position we are in continues.
“The fact that the guys are there and want more and push themselves individually saying 'I could have done better, I haven't done as well as when we trained' that tells you how much the guys want.” he.
“We will do everything we can to continue what we are doing.”
- Luton have taken just four points from 24 available in afternoon matches (7pm or later) in the Premier League this season (1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses), with their only win coming at home against Brighton in January (4-0).
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 38 Premier League home games against newly promoted sides (W33 D5), winning each of the last nine. The only newly promoted teams to beat the Gunners in their first season in the competition are Blackburn Rovers (1992-93), West Ham United (1993-94) and Hull City (2008-09).
- Arsenal have won nine of their last 10 Premier League home games (L1), winning the last four in a row by an aggregate score of 14-3. They have won 5-0 twice at the Emirates this season (against Sheffield United and Crystal Palace), and the last time they won more home league games by 5+ goals in a single campaign was in 2000-01 (3).
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Arsenal vs Luton: talkSPORT coverage
This Premier League clash will take place on Wednesday, April 3.
The start in the Emirates is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
talkSPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage of the action presented by Adrian Durham.
The comment will come from Sam Matterface and former England captain Stuart Pearce.
