Hope offered to Leeds United against Arsenal with presence of particular figure viewed as key

Premier League leaders Arsenal recorded their sixth straight win in all competitions on Thursday evening as a 1-0 triumph at Europa League hosts Bodo/Glimt stretched the Gunners run to 11 victories from their last 12 games. Mikel Arteta’s side are not surprisingly odds-on to take all three points from Sunday’s clash at 14th-placed Leeds but the Gunners can still be backed at 4-7 and Leeds are not enormous odds at 5-1.

The draw is only on offer at 7-2 and striker Patrick Bamford is viewed by the bookmakers as being key to United’s chances in a first scorer market dominated by Arsenal threats. Gabriel Jesus was rested for Thursday’s Europa League clash in Norway but the Brazilian is 9-2 favourite to net first against Leeds and the next five players in the market all represent the Gunners.

Eddie Nketiah (5s), Grabiel Martinelli (13-2), Bukayo Saka (7s), Martin Odegaard (9s) and Fabio Vieira (9s) are next, followed by Bamford who is rated the chief Leeds threat at 19-2 but as short as 7s. Rodrigo is then 10s and the same price as Arsenal's Reiss Nelson after which there is a swarm of Whites players in Willy Gnonto (12s), Joe Gelhardt (12s), Luis Sinisterra (14s), Jack Harrison (15s), Sam Greenwood (15s), Brenden Aaronson (18s) and Crysencio Summerville (20s).

A 2-1 win for Arsenal is marginally favourite in the correct score market at 8-1 but closely followed by a 1-1 draw and also 2-0 and 2-1 wins for the visitors, all of which are 42-5. Leeds are 37-2 to record a 2-1 triumph and 20-1 to win 1-0.