Match Day Thread Arsenal vs. Reading (EFL Cup 4th Round) 2016/17 Official Match Thread

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Venue: Emirates Stadium
Tuesday, October 25th 2016
KO Time: 19.45 BST

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Head to Head Against Reading:
Played: 10
Wins: 10
Draws: 0
Losses: 0
Goals For: 35
Goals Against: 12
Goal Difference: 23

Last 6 Meetings:
Reading 1-1 Arsenal (FA Cup) (1-2 aet.)
Arsenal 4-1 Reading
Reading 2-5 Arsenal
Reading 4-4 Arsenal (Capital One Cup) (5-7 aet.)
Arsenal 2-0 Reading
Reading 1-3 Arsenal​

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Arsène Wenger has revealed the latest team news ahead of his side's EFL Cup fourth-round clash against Reading at Emirates Stadium:
on the latest team news…
Cazorla will not be available, but it looked after the game that apart from some tired legs and disappointed minds, we had nothing else to declare.

on Giroud and Ramsey…
I think Olivier will be included, but for Aaron it is too early although he is back in full training now.

on his squad against Reading…
It will be a similar squad to against Nottingham Forest. We will have Gabriel, Holding, Jenkinson will be back and will play. Jeff Reine-Adelaide will play, otherwise I think Iwobi, Lucas, Oxlade-Chamberlain will also play. Gibbs - who captained the team at Forest - will do it again on Tuesday.​

 

Will be good to see some squad players getting a game tonight. Looking forward to seeing giroud back in the team too.

 

The 5-7 match a few years back was mad.
4 nil down to 4 all after 90 mins and then arsenal players having to get their shirts back from the crowd.
The gooners who went to Reading that night must have loved it.

Reading have had a few matches like that. Back in 2007/08 they lost 7-4 at pompey and 6-4 at white hart lane!

 

Is it me or do we always seem to play Reading?

 

As long as we keep the 100% win streak alive I have no complaints.

 

After tonight, 11 of our next 12 games are televised.

Hopefully they'll be some good streams tonight though.

 

That was a mental game. Brilliant entertainment.

 

On what tv channel is it being shown?

 

I'm going to look here https://www.reddit.com/r/soccerstreams/

There's usually some good streams on there.

 

You nicked my usual stream link eh? jk

 

Arsenal player is steaming the game live

http://player.arsenal.com/matches/g889792/video/8482/arsenal-v-reading-live?autoplay=true

 

Ah ****ing hell, it's just commentary with a live stream of the commentators !!!

 

Good quality stream here in English

http://wtfstreamlive.in/arsenal-vs-reading-fc-live-english-efl-cup-25-oct-2016/

 

Nice from Jenkinson.

Hope he does well. Proper Arsenal lad.

 

Ox should have done better there !

 

Lovely finish from the Ox

That will do his confidence the world of good

 

I do believe thats Oxo's fourth goal this Season.

Thats already one more than he usually scores in a season. Maybe this is the year he finally developed some kind of end product?

 

It was a cracking goal. He'd hit a couple of wayward ones a bit earlier in the game after getting into good positions, but fair play to him, that goal was top drawer.

 

I was getting frustrated with Oxocube as usual just before he got his goal. I was shouting for him to find Perez who was in loads of space in the middle but he finished well. I still think he is lacking end product regularly though.

The young players have done fairly well so far, I enjoy getting a chance to see them in the league cup. I'd like to see Adelaide get on the ball more in the final third as he seems to look quite comfortable with the ball at his feet.

Good to see Jenkinson in an Arsenal shirt again. And good idea to give Gibbs the captains armband again today. He is a good option at LB and it'll help keep him happy while he is getting less starts in the league.

Holding and Gabriel have done well, Holding looks really comfortable at CB winning balls in the air and also playing out of defense. I'm really happy with the CB options we have this season and it's ages since I've thought CB is a position we have properly covered.

 

Yep they are playing well, especially going forward. They all look hungry. Great to see Jenks back in his rightful home.