Charlie Nicholas predicts Henrikh Mkhitaryan will score vs VorsklaSeptember 19, 2018 - 12:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Arsenal and Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas has predicted that Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan will score on Thursday, September 20 when Arsenal hosts Ukraine's Vorskla Poltava, Sky Sports reports. The opening round of the 2018/19 Europa League group stage takes place on Thursday. "I imagine there will be a lot of changes with the likes of Alex Iwobi and Henrikh Mkhitaryan coming in, so it will still be a strong enough team for me to expect Arsenal to win this," the former footballer said. "The way Arsenal play they don't do clean sheets, so I am going to go for a 2-1 win and Mkhitaryan to score first. "When new teams come into the competition they get caught up in the emotions of it so I will also go with 60+ booking points." Mkhitaryan is greatly expected to start the match against Vorskla. The final lineup has not been revealed though. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |