Arsenal Vs burnley
Saturday 1st November 15:00 BST
Emirates Stadium


“If we can now win our games, the fact that we haven’t lost a lot will help us in the league and that’s our target. We know Burnley are a difficult opponent - much more difficult than the numbers indicate in the table. We will focus and be ready.” - Arsène Wenger

Wenger is likely to shuffle his pack on Saturday with questions marks over the fitness of both Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs. The manager is confident that the latter will pass a test to take his place in the backline, but his England international team-mate has been all but ruled out.
While it may be an unwelcome development for the manager, he was pleased with the defensive platform provided by Mikel Arteta - poised for his 100th league appearance for Arsenal this weekend - and Mathieu Flamini at Sunderland and could opt to keep the same pairing in central midfield. - Arsenal.com

Arsenal

-----------------Szczesny--------------------
Bellerin-------Mertesacker---Chambers----Monreal/Gibbs
------------Arteta----------Flamini-----------
Oxlade-------------Cazorla----------Sanchez
-------------------Welbeck--------------------

Match Facts (fourfourtwo)

• Arsenal have been behind at some point in each of their four Barclays Premier League home games this season.
  
• Burnley were the first lower league team ever to beat an Arsene Wenger Arsenal team in a cup competition when they won 2-0 in the 2008-09 League Cup.
  
• Arsenal have won their last three home matches in all competitions against the Clarets.
  
• Burnley have conceded 12 goals in their last four games in the Barclays Premier League; this after previously keeping three clean sheets in a row.
  
• Arsene Wenger's side are unbeaten in their last 22 home Premier League matches, winning 14 and drawing eight.
  However, they have kept just two clean sheets in their last 10 PL games at the Emirates.
  
• Theo Walcott is the only player to score in the two 2009/10 Premier League meetings between these sides to still be at either club.
  
• Just 16.5% of Burnley's attempts on goal this season have been fashioned from set piece situations, a Premier League low.
  
• Burnley are the 12th side to fail to win any of their opening nine Premier League matches of a single season - seven of the previous 11 sides were relegated.
  
• Just nine teams have previously failed to win any of their opening 10 games in a Premier League season; the last occasions being Reading and QPR in 2012-13.
  
• Jason Shackell is the first Premier League player to make over 100 clearances this season (101).
  

Bellerin is so good he's playing both fullback.

Should start Monreal ahead of Gibbs due to Gibbs' injury concern, and that Monreal has done really well in the past few games. Need to start rewarding players that play well and consistently.

Hopefully Ox and Cazorla can turn it around. Otherwise they deserve to be subbed early (they won't though).

lol did it in a hurry xD

I want to see Podolski and Joel honestly.

Full team: Szczesny, Chambers, Mertesacker, Monreal, Gibbs, Flamini, Arteta, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexis, Cazorla, Welbeck

Substitutes: Martinez, Bellerin, Rosicky, Ramsey, Walcott, Podolski, Sanogo

Lol @ Flamini still starting games after Arteta came back...

sanchez was a steal for 30m lol

Pls switch Oxlade-Chamberlain with Cazorla, do one thing right.

Whats with Ox running into blind alleys

Flamini's clearance

lmao we need to bring on ramsey

We can even make Burnley looks like peak Barcelona ffs

Why does Ox ever take set pieces when we have Santi in the team

Arteta off, what happens when we get a pen ?

Chambers can't cross a football to save his life

finally a decent cross from Chambers and a goal, need to get one more goal to kill the game and make the score respectable

SANCHEZZZZZZZZZZZ

CHAMEBRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

RealGunner wrote:SANCHEZZZZZZZZZZZ

CHAMEBRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

EL Patron wrote:Chambers can't cross a football to save his life

EL Patron wrote:finally a decent cross from Chambers and a goal, need to get one more goal to kill the game and make the score respectable

Then he scored

Sanchez should have came off, man needs a breather

unreal how he could control with three perfect touch this late in game. Alexis & Theo Best signing since Cesc ?

Fantastic performance by Gibbs as well

Poldi really unlucky to not have at least one goal today..

Alexis - no words..

So good to see Theo back! And he looked pretty good too!

And Santi.. Just... aargh

srigooner wrote:And Santi.. Just... aargh

Whats happening with him in front of goal, all the chances are falling to him but he either skies them or scuffs them

he didn't sky them today though, just really unlucky with blocking, I though he did better than last few games.