Arsenal vs West Bromwich Albion – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Sreya

Arsenal vs West Bromwich Albion – Arsenal hosts West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates on 26th December, Monday in a crucial English Premier League fixture as the Gunners aim to recover from their recent stretch of poor form.

Arsenal’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City in their last game following a defeat to Everton by similar scorelines in the preceding game means Arsenal have slightly fallen behind Liverpool and Manchester City in the race to catch up with league leaders Chelsea. Arsenal are in the fourth position with thirty four points.

West Bromwich Albion, with two losses in their last three matches, both of which came to Chelsea and Manchester United, will look to get ahead of a difficult festive fixture list with a positive result on Boxing Day.

Team News

Skhodran Mustafi, Santi Cazorla, Chuba Akpom, Alex Oxlaide Chamberlain, Mathieu Debuchy and Yaya Sanogo are sidelined through injuries for Arsenal while Danny Welbeck and Per Mertesacker are yet to regain match fitness.

West Brom will be without the injured Boaz Myhill and the unfit Saido Berahino and James Morrison.

Arsenal Possible Starting Lineup: Petr Cech, Hector Bellerin, Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Francis Coquelin, Granit Xhaka, Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil, Alex Iwobi, Alexis Sanchez.

West Bromwich Possible Starting Lineup: Ben Foster, Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Jonas Olsson, Nyom, Darren Fletcher, Claudio Yacob, Chris Brunt, Nacer Chadli, Matt Philipps, Salomon Rondon.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Arsenal vs West Bromwich Albion H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in four wins and one loss for Arsenal. In fact, Arsenal have won 8 of their last 9 home matches against West Bromwich Albion in all competitions.

Arsenal are undefeated in their last seven Premier League matches at home and are expected to comfortably win on Monday. A 2-1 win for the Gunners is the most probable outcome of this fixture.