The Boleyn Ground, London
Saturday, October 6, 12:30 p.m. EST
The Gunners face West Ham United later today and expect some good fight from the Hammers. Arsenal travel to Upton park on the back of a convincing home victory over Olympiakos on Wednesday, however defeat to Chelsea last weekend is what Arsenal will be looking to overcome. It is back to back London derbies for Arsenal and Wenger will not be happy to lost points in consecutive games.
Perhaps what spices up the match is the the touchline rivalry between both the coaches. The match will rekindle the rivalry that goes back during the times when Arsenal were fighting for the title and Allardyce was managing Bolton Wanderers. Wenger often criticised Allardyce for his physical approach to the game and this time around the Hammers boss has asked his team to focus on Arsenal’s game and it is clear that the big Sam will put out his strongest line-up to test the Gunners, who are known to be fragile when playing against physical oppositions. An if Carroll plays upfront, Arsenal definitely need Mertesacker in the heart of their defense to stop the towering center forward.
Things you should know:
Arsenal: WLWDD
West Ham: WLDDW
Arsenal : Mannone(GK) – Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs – Arteta, Cazorla, Coquelin – Gervinho, Giroud, Podolski.
West Ham United : Jaaskelainen (GK) – Demel, Collins, Reid, McCartney; Diame, Noble, Vaz Te, Nolan, Jarvis; Cole.
The main battle is in the midfield today, if the Gunners can keep the ball in their feet without giving away cheap possession to West Ham then it will be difficult for the Hammers to move the ball forward and if Arsenal manage to stop Cole or Carroll then the Gunners can come back with the 3 points. It will probably not be a very high quality game or a truly enjoyable one but avoiding basic mistakes could avert frustration at the final whistle.
Prediction: 1-2 win to the Gunners
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