Arsenal v PSV

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The Champions League action continues on Wednesday night and features this upcoming clash in London where Arsenal will play host to Dutch giants, PSV, with the hosts looking to continue their positive start to this season and extend their unbeaten sequence to eight matches in all competitions.

Six wins from their last seven matches overall will give Mikel Arteta's side a vital injection of confidence as The Gunners look to make a winning start to this Champions League campaign in what looks like being a potentially tricky Group B that also includes the likes of Sevilla and Lens.

Three Premier League wins in their last four outings in the English top flight will also be a boost for the north London side after collecting wins against Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and most impressive of all, a 3-1 home win against Manchester United prove that Arsenal are back on the rise again under Arteta.

To underline Arsenal's upward trajectory in all competitions, The Gunners take their place at the top table of European competition once again this season after a six-year absence away from the Champions League and the hosts will be keen to make an early statement with a win here on Wednesday night.

Unlike Arsenal, PSV have had to progress through the earlier qualifying rounds in this season's Champions League campaign which has seen the Dutch visitors successfully navigate their way through to the group stage of the competition where they'll face a tough opening fixture in the shape of last season's Premier League runners-up, Arsenal.

PSV have registered wins against the likes of Austrian side, Sturm Graz, with a 7-2 win on aggregate along with an entertaining and free-scoring two-legged affair against Scottish giants, Rangers, in a 7-3 victory on aggregate.

The Dutch visitors will therefore fancy their chances of securing a positive result in north London on Wednesday night, especially as the bigger picture shows that the Dutch outfit have racked up 11 wins out of their last 12 matches in all competitions.

On the Champions League front, PSV have won three of their last four ties in this competition while the bigger picture shows they have suffered just two defeats in their last 14 ties overall with goals also featuring on a prominent basis as 10 of these last 14 ties have also resulted in Over 2.5 goals.

Arsenal v PSV Verdict

Both Arsenal and PSV have been involved in high-scoring games of late as seven of Arsenal's last 10 home games in all competitions have resulted in Over 2.5 goals while goals have figured on a regular basis when PSV hit the road, so the prospects of further goals on Wednesday night look extremely promising.

Therefore, our main bet will be Over 2.5 goals @ 1.53

Other side bets worth considering:

Arsenal win & Over 2.5 goals @ 2.87

Correct score: Arsenal 2-1 @ 8.50