Premier League: Arsenal v West Brom match preview
A look ahead to this weekend's Premier League fixture at the Emirates
Friday 07 December 2012
Related articles
After resting a number of first-team players in the midweek defeat to Olympiakos in the Champions League, Arsene Wenger will be hoping his Arsenal side can get back to winning ways against this season's surprise package West Brom.
The Gunners currently lie in 10th place in the Premier League after their worst start to a season for 18 years. On the other hand the Baggies are enjoying a very fruitful start to the campaign, and lie in 5th place in the league, despite back-to-back defeats.
If the Gunners are to get back to winning ways they will have to keep a watchful eye on striking duo Shane Long and Romelu Lukaku, who both have scored five times already this season, with the north London side still struggling for goals following the summer departure of Robin Van Persie .
KICK-OFF: Saturday, 3pm
PAST THREE MEETINGS…
West Brom 2 (Long, Dorrans) Arsenal 3 (Benayoun, Santos, Koscielny), Premier League, May 2012
Arsenal 3 (Van Persie, Vermaelen, Arteta) West Brom 0, Premier League, November 2011
West Brom 2 (Reid, Odemwingie) Arsenal 2 (Arshavin, Van Persie), Premier League, March 2011
STATS…
Arsenal have won just three of their seven home games in the Premier League this season.
West Brom have made their best ever start to a Premier League campaign with 26 points from 15 games.
The Baggies have averaged a creditable win percentage of 53 per cent this season.
The Gunners have a win percentage of just 33 per cent.
ODDS…
Arsenal to win: 1.52
West Brom to win: 7.6
Draw: 4.6
CLASSIC MATCH...
Arsenal suffered their first defeat of the season, and their first at home in nine months, as West Brom ran out 3-2 winners at the Emirates in September 2010. This was West Brom's first win at Arsenal in nearly 27 years and also their first away victory in the Premier League after 19 attempts. Two quick fire goals from Peter Odemwingie and Gonzalo Jara in the second half set Albion on their way to a memorable away victory.
TV: Highlights on BBC1 at 10.30pm
Latest in Sport
Sport blogs
iBet: A tight game between Northampton and Bradford
A tight game could be in prospect here. Northampton have been keeping things very tight of late and ...
by Gareth Purnell
18 May 2013 02:01 AM
On The Road at the Giro d’Italia: Feeling ill and racing in the rain must be pretty grim
I can’t ever watch games of football or rugby without wistfully wondering what it must be like to be...
by Martin Ayres
16 May 2013 05:10 PM
PSG and the French league must be more proactive in dealing with hooliganism
Since PSG’s exit to Barcelona in the Uefa Champions League quarter-final in April, PSG have been sur...
by Matthew Riding
15 May 2013 02:37 PM
- 1 Heading for America? Prepare for the longest US immigration queues ever
- 2 Notes from a small island: Is Sealand an independent 'micronation' or an illegal fortress?
- 3 You thought Ryanair's attendants had it bad? Wait 'til you hear about their pilots
- 4 'Swivel-gate': David Cameron goes to war with the press over 'swivel-eyed loons' slur
- 5 It’s official: thanks to Stephen Hawking's Israel boycott, anti-Semitism is no more
Get your summer started with British Military Fitness
BMF is the UK’s biggest and best loved outdoor fitness classes
Visit York
Find out what The Independent's resident travel expert has to say about one of the most beautiful small cities in the world
Enter the latest Independent competitions
Win anything from gadgets to five-star holidays on our competitions and offers page.
Business videos from commercial thought leaders
Watch the best in the business world give their insights into the world of business.
Day In a Page
The price of pacifism
Jason Isaacs: Groupies, theatre bores and James Bond
Sealand: 'Micronation' or illegal fortress?
Legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing
Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation'



Comments