Norwich City vs Arsenal – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Sreya

Arsenal travel to Carrow Road to face Norwich City in an English Premier League match. The Gunners sit on the fourth position in the table with twenty six points while Norwich are in sixteenth, with just twelve points next to their name.

Team News

Matthew Jarvis is still sidelined and Alexander Tettey could be absent again, after missing out the Canaries’ trip to Chelsea last week. Russel Martin missed the last game due to personal reasons and is unlikely to start tomorrow.

Francis Coquelin joined Tomas Rosicky, Danny Welbeck, Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott on Arsenal’s injury list. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had returned to full training after missing their last five matches through injury. Aaron Ramsey also marked his return from injury with an appearance off the bench in their midweek Champions League win. Arsene Wenger also revealed Alexis Sanchez is on the brink of suffering from a serious hamstring injury, but is reluctant to rest him.

Norwich City Possible Starting Lineup: John Ruddy, Steven Whittaker, Russel Martin, Sebastien Bassong, Robbie Brady, Nathan Redmond, Gary O’Neil, Youssof Mulumbu, Jonny Howson, Wes Hoolahan, Cameron Jerome.

Arsenal Possible Starting Lineup: Petr Cech, Hector Bellerin, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, Santi Cazorla, Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud.

Thoughts From Both Camps

“It is not even the longevity that I admire. It’s the way his teams play. The way they play is fantastic to watch as a football fan. You want to see teams be expressive and expansive and open the game up to entertain. I don’t think there is any better than Arsenal.

In terms of his style and how he does things he is very up-to-date. It is a tough task for us but one I am looking forward to and so are the players.”

– Alex Neil, Norwich City.

“Ramsey gives us a balance because we have Özil who is an offensive player, we have [Alexis] Sánchez, we have Giroud or Walcott and Cazorla so to balance a bit defensively, I use Ramsey on the right.”

– Arsene Wenger, Arsenal.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Head-2-Head statistics, Arsenal have won four of their last six meetings with Norwich City in the Premier League. Also, the Canaries have lost five of their previous six Premier League matches. It is unlikely for the Gunners to drop points at Carrow Road. On current form, Arsenal should win comfortably with a scoreline of 3-1.