Bukayo Saka hit the Gunners’ opener against Wolves on Saturday (Picture: Getty Images)
Arsenal have made another fast start to the Premier League season and can extend their lead at the top of table with victory at Luton on Tuesday night.
The Gunners are on another of their storming runs, having bounced back from successive defeats, to West Ham in the Carabao Cup and Newcastle in the top flight, with five straight victories.
That streak includes Champions League triumphs against Sevilla and Lens, which saw them ease into the knockout stages as clear group leaders with a game to spare, and they have kept three clean sheets in that time.
Arsenal should have little trouble picking up maximum points at Kenilworth Road, even though the Hatters have drawn with Liverpool and beaten Crystal Palace in their last two outings on home soil.
Rob Edwards’ side rarely get beaten by more than one goal with Saturday’s 3-1 defeat at Brentford only the second time that has happened in their last dozen Premier League games.
But a raft of injuries to regular defenders could mean they are cut open by the Gunners even though they have lacked a ruthless streak on their domestic travels.
Martin Odegaard can score his fourth goal in five games when Arsenal go to Kenilworth Road (Picture: Getty Images)
Arsenal have only scored two or more goals away from the Emirates Stadium twice in six matches but this could be when they tilt those statistics in the other direction.
Mikel Arteta’s team are facing a tough stretch before the end of the year, heading to Aston Villa on Saturday before entertaining Brighton, going to Anfield to tackle Liverpool and finishing 2023 with London derbies at home to West Ham and across the capital at Fulham.
The Gunners were top of the table at this time last season before losing the plot in the run-in and throwing away the title.
Whether they can fend off the challenges of Manchester City and Liverpool to win the league for the first time in two decades remains to be seen but they will go five points clear with victory at Luton and are 3/4 with Ladbrokes and Coral to lead HT/FT for the third consecutive match, 7/4 with Betfair and Paddy Power to win by over two goals while a 3-0 success is 7/1 with bet365.
Bukayo Saka is 11/2 with Paddy Power and Betfair to break the deadlock and Martin Odegaard is 7/4 with Sky Bet to score at any time.
• Burnley may have beaten Sheffield United 5-0 at Turf Moor on Saturday but they benefited greatly from the Blades playing with just ten men during the entire second half. Wolves are 7/8 with Betway to beat the Clarets at Molineux while a 2-1 final score is 17/2 with bet365.
• Beth Mead is 9/2 with William Hill to open the scoring for England when they go north of the border to face Scotland in the Women’s Nations League. The Lionesses are 8/11 with Sky Bet to lead HT/FT and a 3-0 win is 6/1 with the same firm.
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