Patrick Bamford and Raphinha threats overlooked as Leeds United head to Arsenal

Tenth-placed Leeds are one position and one point ahead of Arsenal in the Premier League table, and with a game in hand.

Yet Mikel Arteta's side are no bigger than 11-12 to see off the Whites in Sunday's 4.30pm kick-off at the Emirates whilst draw is on offer at 3-1.

The Gunners also have the top four players in the first scorer market with Alexandre Lacazette marginally favourite at 19-5.

Lacazette is followed by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (23-5), Folarin Balogun (11-2) and former Whites loanee Eddie Nketiah (23-4).

It means that Whites no 9 Patrick Bamford could be seen as a big price at 6-1 to net first and 19-10 any time.

Arsenal's Nicolas Pepe is also 6s to score first whilst Gabriel Martinelli is 31-5 and Bukayo Saka 10s.

It means that Arsenal have seven of the first eight in the first scorer market which again has Whites youngster Sam Greenwood prominent at 10s, the same price as Joe Gelhardt.

Three more Arsenal players are next in Reiss Nelson (11s), Martin Odegaard (23-2) and Emile Smith Rowe (23-2) before United's Tyler Roberts and Arsenal's Willian who are both 12s.

Class act Leeds winger Raphinha is a surprisingly big price to net first at 13s, marginally bigger than Pablo Hernandez (14s).

Jack Harrison is then 33-2, followed by Helder Costa (18s) and Mateusz Klich (20s).

No goalscorer is on offer at 16s but the first six outcomes in the correct score market entail either an Arsenal victory or a draw.

A 1-1 draw is marginally favourite at 42-5, followed by a 2-1 triumph for the Gunners at 43-5.

A 2-1 victory is rated the most likely method of a Whites win yet is as big as 16-1.

The Whites are now only 6-4 for a top half finish - 11th in the list - whilst the Gunners are 3-7.

In being 17 points clear of the dropzone, relegation for Leeds has now essentially been written off with the Whites 250-1 to go down and only 20-1 for a top-six finish though still 11th in that betting list, one place behind Arsenal at 6s.

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