Arsenal Vs. Stoke: Where To Watch Free Live Stream Online, TV Channel, Preview, Probable Lineups And Prediction getdiscountz.blogspot.com

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On a run of six consecutive wins in all competitions, Arsenal will be further boosted for Sunday’s visit of Stoke City by the return to fitness of midfielder Mikel Arteta. Arsenal’s thin squad has been especially tested in the opening weeks of the season with injuries to several players. Yet, Arsene Wenger has led the club to second spot in the early weeks of the Premier League while getting their Champions League group stage campaign off to a fine start with a 2-1 win in Marseille in midweek. And Wenger is pleased that he could now welcome back Arteta.

“He is very influential and he's a leader -- one of the leaders of the team and he's a technical leader as well,” Wenger said, according to Arsenal.com. “We are happy to have him back as well because at the moment with the number of injuries we have, we are a bit short and we have plenty of games in front of us, so it's good news.”

It has been another midfielder that has grabbed many of the headlines in the early weeks of the season. Much criticized last term, Aaron Ramsey has responded in sensational fashion with six goals already to his name. After a career-threatening injury suffered against Sunday’s opponents in February 2010, Wenger concedes that it has taken the Wales international a long time to fully recover, but that he always remained confident in Ramsey’s ability.

"It was in the last three or four months of last season when he started to come back,” he said. “He had a difficult period in mid-season where people became a little bit impatient with him. I always thought he would score goals if he improved his technical quality. When you watched the games, you saw him always in good positions in the box.”

While Stoke’s physical approach under Tony Pulis should in theory have been a problem for an Arsenal side often accused of having a soft underbelly, the Potters have lost on all five of their visits to the Emirates in the Premier League. Pulis is now gone, of course, and Mark Hughes has had some positive early results as he looks to alter the side’s style of play. A week ago, Stoke frustrated Manchester City in a goalless draw.

Arsenal (probable)

G: Szczesny

D: Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs

M: Ramsey, Flamini

Walcott, Ozil, Wilshere

F: Giroud

Stoke City (probable)

G: Begovic

D: Cameron, Shawcross, Huth, Pieters

M: Walters, Wilson, N’Zonzi, Adam, Etherington

F: Jones

Prediction: With Arteta only likely to be fit enough for a place on the bench, the Arsenal side still almost picks itself. While playing Jack Wilshere in an advanced role is not ideal, the enforced consistency of selection may actually prove beneficial at this stage of the season in preserving the side’s good run of form.

Under Hughes, Stoke have been looking to keep the ball more than before, but there has hardly been a revolution in style of play and their strengths largely remain the same. Stoke have little to threaten from open play and, if Arsenal can remain disciplined from set-pieces, the home side should pick up the three points.

Arsenal 2-0 Stoke City

Where to watch: The Barclays Premier League encounter will kick-off at 8.30 a.m. ET. Coverage will be provided by CNBC, with a live stream available on NBC Sports Live Extra.

Arsenal Vs. Stoke: Where To Watch Free Live Stream Online, TV Channel, Preview, Probable Lineups And Prediction

Chelsea Vs. Bayern Munich: Where To Watch Free Live Stream Online Of UEFA Super Cup; TV Channel, Kickoff Time, Preview, Probable Lineups And Prediction getdiscountz.blogspot.com

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Ahead of the annual meeting between the winners of the Champions League and Europa League, Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho have both tried to shift attention from their own rivalry and onto the array of stars that will line up on the pitch in Prague. A meeting of Bayern Munich and Chelsea has plenty of history to it in itself -- plenty of Bayern players will still have nightmares about their Champions League final defeat to the London side on home soil in 2012 -- but much of the focus has been on the two men in the dugout.

Guardiola and Mourinho, of course, clashed frequently during the two seasons in which they managed across the divide of Spain’s two giants, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Before that there was a keenly contested Champions League semifinal when Mourinho’s Inter knocked out the Catalans. The Portuguese has only won three of his 15 meetings with Guardiola, however, a record he had a hard time accepting when it was presented to him in the pre-match press conference.

"Your statistics are very wrong," Mourinho initially said, according to BBC Sport. "Go and see what happened when I was with Inter in the Champions League semifinal, the King's Cup final with Real in Spain, the Super Cup in Spain.

"Maybe you are right and I am wrong but I don't care. This is not about us, it's about Chelsea and Bayern."

Guardiola too, who famously lost his normal cool demeanor during the most intense run of fixtures between Barcelona and Madrid in 2011, was also not keen to talk about the coaches.

"We're here for the players, not the coaches," Guardiola said. "Millions of people around the world will watch the game, not the coaches."

The rivalry is enhanced by the two being almost ideological opposites in their philosophy about the game. And it is those ideals that both men are still looking to imprint on the sides they took over this summer.

On paper, Mourinho is faced with the bigger overhaul, having taken over a squad that was ironically built in large part with the hope that Guardiola would soon lead it. In his second spell at Chelsea, Mourinho has showed once more his natural reactive tendencies in a goalless draw at Manchester United on Monday. In the two wins prior to that, though, there have been signs of the quality interplay his collection of attacking midfield talent can produce.

Guardiola, on the other hand, has taken over a side that has just won an unprecedented treble and was already moving toward playing the possession and high-pressing soccer that he favors. Bayern Munich won the first three matches in their Bundesliga title defense, but drew 1-1 away to Freiburg on Tuesday when Guardiola made several changes to his side.

Guardiola’s first signing at Bayern, Thiago Alcantara, will be missing after undergoing ankle surgery, but Bastian Schweinsteiger is available after suffering a knock in midweek.

Chelsea have strengthened this week with Samuel Eto’o and Willian having arrived from Anzhi Makhachkala, but neither will be involved in Prague. David Luiz could be fit to make his first appearance of the season.

Bayern Munich (probable)

G: Neuer

D: Lahm, Van Buyten, Dante, Alaba

M: Schweinsteiger

Robben, Gotze, Kroos, Ribery

F: Mandzukic

Chelsea (probable)

G: Cech

D: Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole

M: Ramires, Lampard

Mata, Oscar, Hazard

F: Torres

Prediction: Mourinho’s side will likely be happy to cede possession to Bayern as they were at Old Trafford earlier in the week. But, with Andre Schurrle struggling as a striker, of sorts, Fernando Torres could return. The crucial thing for Chelsea will be to get better service to their dangerous attacking players from midfield.

Guardiola has not been afraid to change a winning formula so far at Bayern. The double midfield pivot has been abolished, with the Spaniard instead looking to accommodate as many of his gifted playmakers as possible. That has led to some defensive vulnerability, which Chelsea will look to exploit on the break.

Chelsea could have some joy on the counter in what should be a closely fought match, yet Bayern are currently the more complete side and may just come out on top.

Bayern Munich 2-1 Chelsea

Where to watch: The UEFA Super Cup will kick-off from the Stadion Eden in Prague at 2.45 p.m. ET. Coverage will be provided by Fox Sports 2, with a live stream available on Fox Soccer 2Go.

Chelsea Vs. Bayern Munich: Where To Watch Free Live Stream Online Of UEFA Super Cup; TV Channel, Kickoff Time, Preview, Probable Lineups And Prediction