Friday, February 27, 2009

Arsenal Facing Fulham on Saturday, Looking to End Winless Streak

Arsenal hosts Fulham on Saturday with a view to ending their goalless run of three premier league matches and the Wenger boys are now determined to come back to their winning ways against Fulham who defeated the Gunners at home earlier this season. So, it is expected that Arsenal is gearing up to take revenge and want to end their winless run of a number of games in the league.

Fulham has not won any game on the road in premier league so far this season and scored only three times in their 13 away fixtures. Despite Fulham’s poor record away from home, Arsenal is not in a relaxed mood following a spate of goalless draws with scoring only one goal in five games in all competitions. However, Fulham will go into the game on the back of two back-to-back wins against West Brom and Swansea.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has a number of injury woes to deal with including Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott, Eduardo and Emmanuel Adebayor who are all injured out at this moment. Abou Diaby suffered a minor calf problem in the 1-0 win against Roma in Champions League, but he is expected to be available for the home fixture against Fulham. William Gallas also picked up a minor knock to his ankle which he has already got over and is ready to continue his job in the heart of the Arsenal defense. Fulham is missing John Pantsil for the trip to Emirates Stadium as the player has been handed a one-match ban due to his five yellow cards on a row. Chris Baird will be deployed in the right-back position. Striker Bobby Zamora is expected to continue his first team appearance following his two goals in two consecutive matches.

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