London, England – Arsenal go finally face Leeds United this Saturday, 23rd August 2025, for Emirates Stadium. Na 5:30pm dem go kick off as dem wan make am two wins from two after dem don beat Manchester United last week. Leeds wey sabi win championship last season, na dem first club wey go come visit Arsenal for home this season, and Arsenal don dey unbeaten for 14 meetings with dem.
Leeds don splash over £92 million on new players to make sure say dem no go just waka back to Championship this season. Three of dem – goalkeeper Lucas Perri, left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson, and Anton Stach, don start for dem 1-0 win against Everton. Dem go seek to make history by winning their first two Premier League matches since 2002/03.
Even though Leeds don lose plenty times against Arsenal, dem dey come with some kind confidence after dem don win their last match. Current gaffer, Daniel Farke, don dey gather him squad well as new guys like Noah Okafor wey come from AC Milan and Dominic Calvert-Lewin go fit feature for this match. Me self I dey eager to see wetin dem go do.
Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta talk say everybody dey excited for the first home game. E make sense sha because who no like to celebrate win? We don miss our fans, and we dey expect good energy as dem don bring back the home crowd after all this while.
But gingers dey wa as injury don catch some players like Kai Havertz and Ben White wey no fit train well. Farke self don get wahala too, as their captain Ethan Ampadu dey out for weeks because of knee injury. Na wah!
Leeds dey plan to play gung-ho football, no be to park bus like some teams wey dey see Arsenal as big fish. Farke don talk say if you wan survive, you gatz score goals; no be to just defend. Dem go try create chances to scare Arsenal defenders.
As the match dey approach, Arsenal don win their opening home game five out of the last six seasons. Leeds no fit win opening away game for their last five, and talk say dem don lose 23 out of 30 away league matches in London. No be small wah o!
For the last game wey dem meet, Arsenal beat Leeds 4-1 for April last year. Gabriel Jesus, Ben White, and Granit Xhaka lead the charge. Nobody fit forget how Leeds dey struggle for Emirates. Na only four clubs don collect more losses than dem for this ground since 2003.
So as Arsenal dey prepare to finish Leeds for dem house, make sure say you fit catch the live commentary. Na this kind match wey dey always dey set for drama. All eyes go dey on Bukayo Saka and Martin Ødegaard, make dem no come fall our hand!
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