It could be a successful season for Arsenal although perhaps that success won’t come in the Carabo Cup. The Gunners have not been taking this competition particularly seriously in recent seasons and that might particularly be the case now that they are genuine title contenders along with the fact that they are among the Champions League favourites.
However, the north London side are warm favourites to win away to Brentford and perhaps Mikel Arteta will field a relatively strong team. This is now a squad which has depth in all positions, although they still look a short price to overcome a Bees team who don’t currently have the distractions of European competition.
Thomas Frank will know that victory in this tie will give them a real chance of reaching the Wembley final of the Carabao Cup, with the Dane having put his faith in Yoann Wissa and Bryan Mbuemo when it comes to scoring the goals that can help the side succeed. We can see this being an entertaining clash considering the tie needs to be settled on the night.
If the game isn’t settled in normal time, then it will go straight to penalties and perhaps we will see plenty of goals being scored. It could pay to opt for a BTTS Yes selection along with Over 2.5 Goals rather than aim to predict a particular outcome, with team news of critical importance before deciding which way to bet.