QPR Look For Vital Win Against Arsenal

Queens Park Rangers will be looking to put three points between themselves and the drop zone with a victory at home to Arsenal tomorrow evening. The 17th placed side are currently level on points with relegation-threatened Aston Villa and Burnley but would put three points between themselves and these teams should they beat the Gunners and other results go their way. A defeat could see Chris Ramsay`s men fall into the bottom three and themselves be three points from safety.

They face a task turning over Arsenal who currently lie in third place in the Premier League. Should Arsene Wenger`s men grab the win and second placed Manchester City lose at home to Leicester, the North London side could come to within a point of second place. Failure to beat QPR could see the Gunners drop into fourth with Liverpool just one of a number of clubs looking to capitalise on a bad run of form in their bid for the top four.

The two clubs have just met the once this season, Arsenal running out the 2-1 winners at the Emirates back on Boxing Day. The home side took the lead through Alexis Sanchez, the Chilean managing to score the only goal of the first 45. Tomas Rosicky saw the Reds double up nearly 20 minutes after the restart before Charlie Austin converted a penalty for the Hoops with 10 minutes to go. This would turn out to be a mere consolation.

Arsenal can be backed at 8/1 (bet365, Betvictor) to win by two goals to one once again. Olivier Giroud received a red card in this match-up and it is 4/1 (32red, 888sport, unibet) should you think that another dismissal will be seen in this reverse fixture at Loftus Road. paddy Power`s 12/5 says that there will be another penalty awarded.

Indeed, it is the visitors who are the favourites to leave Loftus Road with all three points, the best price on a Gunners winning being 4/7 which is available at a number of bookmakers. Fanciers of an upset can pick up a home win at odds at 6/1 at both bet365 and william hill whilst a draw can be backed at 18/5 with Betbright.

Not only have QPR failed to win any of their last four home matches, they have failed to score in three of these encounters. As a result, Wenger`s men are on offer at 9/5 (Betvictor, Totesport) to win to nil tomorrow night.

Ramsay`s side have earned themselves five points from their last five games at home and have scored four goals. Three of these goals came in the 3-2 win over West Brom that saw Charlie Austin bag a hat-trick. The former Burnley star can be backed at odds of 11/4 (betfred, Totesport) to score at any time and at 125/1 (william hill) to grab another home hat-trick.

Though Arsenal`s away form is also somewhat mixed, they have at least earned nine points from their last five games on the road. Indeed, the club scored seven times in these five encounters with their top scorer being Santi Cazorla who bagged three goals for the side. Cazorla opened the scoring against West Ham (2-1), Manchester City (2-0) and Crystal Palace (2-1) and is available at the best price of 17/2 (32red, 888sport, betfair, unibet) to break the deadlock once again.

Arsenal have won six times on the road in the Premier League so far this season. Of these six victories three have been picked up by a margin of one goal. Betvictor`s 29/10 says that the North London side will be able to secure a one goal margin of victory tomorrow evening.

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