Blackpool vs Arsenal Prediction & Betting Tips - FA Cup

Prediction published on 02/01/2018, 15:41  by Valeria Di Meglio | Modified on 04/01/2019 at 10:31 in FA Cup Predictions

Arsenal have won the FA Cup a record 13 times but last season played a weakened side and lost to Championship side Nottingham Forest in the third round. They won't want a repeat of that and although again a reserve side will be played, that group of players has already got them through to the Europa League last 32 and a Carabao Cup quarter final. Arsenal have had an up and down few weeks but recovered from that Anfield hammering to beat Fulham on Tuesday. The two teams have already met once this season with Arsenal beating Blackpool 2-1 at home in the Carabao Cup.

Blackpool famously won the FA Cup back in 1953, 66 years later they are in League One and tenth in the table. They are a real mid-table side as Blackpool are ten points off the promotion play-offs but only eight above the relegation zone. That gap above the bottom four might start decreasing because Blackpool have only one point from their last four league games with just one goal scored. They struggled to get past non-league Solihull Moors in the FA Cup second round, Everyone loves a cup shock but Arsenal should have few problems getting the win here.