The Gunners create chances for fun, the problem comes in converting them.
I have never seen a side miss so many open goals as they did in the home tie with CSKA Moscow, it could easily have been 5-0 at half time.
It has been much the same story all season, wave after wave of attack went unrewarded against Newcastle at the weekend and the floodgates will open soon.
They have created more chances, over 17 per game, than any other team in the Premiership. In Europe, they have dominated possession, with 56% and 34 minutes of control, across all matches, easily the highest of the 32 clubs.
Tonight they face a Hamburg unit which has just pride and prize money to play for, being booked for the wooden spoon in Group G, following 4 losses and 10 goals conceded.
The visitors to the Emirates Stadium are in dire trouble in the Bundesliga and remain firmly rooted in the relegation zone, with just 11 points from 13 starts, some 17 less, than at the same stage last season.
They are missing a handful of regulars tonight and with Bayern Munich coming to the AOL Arena at the weekend, followed by a trip to fellow relegation fighters Bochum, their priorities must surely lie elsewhere.
Arsenal to cover the handicap, Henry to score a couple.
5 points Arsenal -1.5 goals 1.67 general ..... stan james/blue square.
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