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Arsenal ($6) vs Manchester City ($1.50) \u2013 Saturday 1st January @11:30pm AEDT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Arsenal take on league leaders Manchester City to kick off 2022 in the Premier League on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n The Gunners have rocketed up the table into fourth place, following four wins on the bounce.<\/p>\n But the real acid test will come this Saturday against the juggernaut that is City, who now sit eight points clear of second-placed Chelsea.<\/p>\n Arsenal will also be without manager Mikael Arteta in the dugout, after the Spaniard tested positive to Covid.<\/p>\n All season, the criticism of Arsenal has been that they are flat-track bullies, sweeping aside opposition they\u2019re expected to flatten, while crumbling to sterner opposition.<\/p>\n If the Gunners are going to finish in the top four, they are going to have to beat one of the big dogs sooner or later.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Team News<\/strong><\/p>\n Arsenal are unlikely to recall Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who remains frozen out of the squad by manager Mikael Arteta.<\/p>\n City could still be without Rodri, John Stones and Kyle Walker, who are still shaking off respective injuries.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Best Bets<\/strong><\/p>\n Match Result: \u00a0Manchester City ($1.50<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Watford ($5) vs Tottenham Hotspur ($1.61) \u2013 Sunday 2nd January @2:00am AEDT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Tottenham travel to Vicarage Road to take on struggling Watford on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n Spurs remain undefeated in seven Premier League matches in the Antonio Conte era, though they dropped points away to Southampton last match.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Watford\u2019s new manager bubble has well and truly burst, with the Hornets losing their last five league matches on the bounce.<\/p>\n New manger Claudio Ranieri will be desperate to secure all three points on New Year\u2019s Day, especially given the ruthless reputation the Watford board have conjured.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Team News<\/strong><\/p>\n Spurs are still likely to be without Argentine duo Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Romero, while Ryan Sessegnon and Steven Bergwijn are also unlikely to feature.<\/p>\n Watford have injury dramas of their own, with Ismaila Sarr, Ben Foster, Danny Rose and Tom Cleverley all sidelined.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Best Bets<\/strong><\/p>\n Anytime scorer: Harry Kane ($1.90<\/a>)<\/p>\n