Only one side remain unbeaten in the Premier League this season: Claudio Ranieri's Leicester City. The Foxes, the division's joint-top scorers alongside West Ham, have maintained their impressive form from the tail-end of last season and have played with a pulsating, frenetic tempo. But can their stunning start continue? With Arsenal visiting the King Power Stadium, perhaps not.Leicester's problem is that they are just as likely to concede as they are to score. Only three teams have conceded more goals and they have gone behind first in four of their six matches. It's thrilling to watch but it is incredibly difficult to constantly have to rally from a goal down – or two, as was the case after a poor first hour against Aston Villa.
If there is one side to whom you cannot surrender an early lead, it is Arsenal. The Gunners have statistically far outperformed their results - they may have only scored around a third as many goals as Saturday's opponents but they have created twice as many big chances as Leicester and their total tally of 94 chances is beaten only by Manchester City.
If it finally clicks for Arsenal and they start taking their chances – Alexis Sanchez, for example, has had more shots (31) than any other player without scoring – then Leicester ought to easily be swept aside. Should they be defeated and their unbeaten run ended, the 2015-16 Premier League campaign would have produced the joint-worst unbeaten start to a new season at just six games long.
If there is one side to whom you cannot surrender an early lead, it is Arsenal. The Gunners have statistically far outperformed their results - they may have only scored around a third as many goals as Saturday's opponents but they have created twice as many big chances as Leicester and their total tally of 94 chances is beaten only by Manchester City.
If it finally clicks for Arsenal and they start taking their chances – Alexis Sanchez, for example, has had more shots (31) than any other player without scoring – then Leicester ought to easily be swept aside. Should they be defeated and their unbeaten run ended, the 2015-16 Premier League campaign would have produced the joint-worst unbeaten start to a new season at just six games long.
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