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Arsenal v Bournemouth squad news
Seven games near for Arsenal, who are 9 points up connected Manchester City pinch a crippled successful hand.
Piece of cake, right? Ha ha ha. More for illustration 7 chances to gaffe up, particularly if their caller home shape is thing to spell by. After Carabao Cup last conclusion and a astonishment nonaccomplishment to Southampton successful nan FA Cup, Mikel Arteta will beryllium keen to canter distant to their first title successful 22 years pinch minimal fuss and put nan lid connected talk of bottling it.
Three changes from nan XI which hit Sporting, pinch Lewis-Skelly, Havertz and Martinelli coming in. Barry Glendenning has each nan latest updates for america here.
Taking 3 points against Bournemouth will beryllium nary easy feat. They are unbeaten successful 11 matches and only nan apical 3 Premier League sides person mislaid less matches than Andoni Iraola’s team. However, hampered by being tie specialists – fifteen successful nan Prem this year! – they are only 13th successful nan table.
Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Zubimendi, Rice, Havertz, Madueke, Gyokeres, Martinelli
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Hincapie, Jesus, Eze, Norgaard, Trossard, Dowman, Salmon
Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Jimenez, Hill, Truffert, Senesi, Scott, Christie, Rayan, Tavernier, Kroupi Jr, Evanilson
Subs: Mandas, Adams, Brooks, Gannon-Doak, Smith, Diakite, Adli, Unal, Toth
Preamble
To paraphrase nan Titanic aged lady, it feels for illustration it’s been 84 years but aft a 19-day intermission, nan Premier League was backmost pinch a bang past night.
We’ll person each nan guidance to West Ham’s 4-0 triumph complete Wolves, lifting themselves retired of nan relegation area and putting Tottenham Hotspur into nan bottommost three. Your move, Roberto De Zerbi.
At nan different extremity of nan table, Arsenal are astatine location to Bournemouth successful today’s first kick-off (12.30pm BST), while Liverpool big Fulham this evening, past season’s winners seeking to get complete their Champions League stinker and suffice for nan continent’s premier nine title again.
In nan Championship, leaders Coventry City could efficaciously guarantee promotion coming if they hit abject Sheffield Wednesday, successful a lunchtime kick-off, and rivals Middlesbrough driblet points astatine location to Portsmouth. After 25 years distant from nan apical division, it is surely only a matter of clip for Frank Lampard’s side, fixed their vastly superior extremity difference.
The different prime fixture is nan East Anglian derby, arsenic Norwich City could dent Ipswich’s promotion push. Spicy.
In League One, second-placed Cardiff City could return a large measurement towards promotion if they tin spot disconnected Bolton Wanderers. And successful League Two, first plays second, pinch Bromley v MK Dons. The southbound Londoners (just about, moreover if it feels for illustration Kent) could unafraid promotion today, and conscionable request a win.
At nan apical of nan Scottish Premiership, it’s each to play for. Hearts look Motherwell and if they lose, Celtic would beryllium connected nan aforesaid number of points if they hit St Mirren.
As ever, please do get successful touch pinch comments, tangents and matchday musings.
