The France international appeared in a few Europa
League games this term but has played just three times in the last three seasons in the Premier League.
The Cottagers are currently bottom of the Championship table, having lost six of their opening seven
league games this term.
19 year old defender Ake is yet to start a Premier
League games this term so is perhaps the more likely of the two to be made available for a temporary switch.
Slaven Bilic's side have scored in all but one of their Premier
League games this term, a record bettered only by Leicester.
So that is a failure from Burnley to score in two of their three
league games this term.
The 26 - year - old has started 14 of his 15
league games this term, contributing eight goals and a solitary assist.
Whereas, Kane has bagged four goals in ten
league games this term, with three of those coming against Bournemouth last weekend.
They have seven clean sheets in ten
league games this term so the three goals they conceded against Chelsea were a bit of a surprise.
After scoring 11 times in 31 starts last season, he scored four goals in 17
league games this term before securing his transfer to Chelsea.
Cameron Borthwick - Jackson has averaged five defensive actions per Premier
League game this term and is yet to make a defensive error.
Everton have now lost a staggering eight of their 16 home
league games this term and could end the weekend in 14th in the table.
Mourinho has tended to rest Valencia for the Champions
League games this term, and Meunier could prove the perfect fit for the latter stages of the elite competition, provided he does not get Cup - tied by making an appearance in the coming group stage games.
He has only started 14
league games this term but, with the title a formality, Guardiola has the chance to give him a sustained run in the side.
Chelsea lost 2 - 1 against West Ham earlier in the season but they do have that great record against the Hammers and they are yet to concede a goal in the opening 15 minutes of
any league game this term.
Not exact matches
Though Burgstone and Satchu had celebrated many short -
term wins in their company's short history, pitching Sequoia meant they were suddenly thrust into a big
game in the major
leagues.
With the long -
term injuries to Giroud and Debuchy, and with Sanogo still not recovered from his hamstring problem, Wenger will not have a large choice of players to choose from for tomorrow's Champions
League game in Belgium.
Walker has provided five assists in 12 Premier
League and Champions
League matches this
term, while Trippier has set up six strikes in 10
games.
Arsenal should win and we think they will, but the Gunners, who go into Sunday's
game on a run of three
league matches without scoring, are unlikely to have it all their own way against a side who have humbled Chelsea and Man United this
term.
Diaby arrives at one of the genuine giants of the French
game, but he joins a side in transition; Marcelo Bielsa's outfit missed out on Champions
League qualification last
term, and have since lost many of their key players.
Barcelona are currently unbeaten in the
league this
term, and if you count the seven
games at the end of last season, are currently on a run of 37 consecutive
games without defeat, just one
game off equaling the record set by Real Sociedad in the 1979/80 season.
The team is made up of Oxford University and Oxford Brookes students, and this
term has seen them hold their ground in the
league having not lost a
game.
We played Cambridge 2s in a BUCS
league match in the second week of
term and lost 6 - 0, we then drew them in the second round of the BUCS cup and lost 3 - 1, holding them at 1 - 1 for much of the
game before conceding two late goals — I think the contrast between these two results (and the performances) is a testament to our hard work on and off the pitch and gives us a lot to be optimistic about looking forward to next
term.
Walcott enjoyed one of his best campaigns in an Arsenal shirt last season, clocking up 19 goals in all competitions, but found himself predominantly benched this
term with a new formation needing one less attacking players limiting him to less than 50 minutes of
game time in the Premier
League since the start of the new
term.
With each squad in the bottom five of the
league in
terms of pace, the
game figures to play like an even boxing match with each opponent trading jabs until the later rounds.
The National Hockey
League announced Monday that regular - season games through Dec. 30 have been canceled, as the Players Association and the league have yet to come to terms on a new Collective Bargaining Agre
League announced Monday that regular - season
games through Dec. 30 have been canceled, as the Players Association and the
league have yet to come to terms on a new Collective Bargaining Agre
league have yet to come to
terms on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Sissoko provided one goals and seven assists in 37 Premier
League games during Newcastle's season of relegation last
term.
Mertesacker is out of the picture for atleast 3
games and we have over 15
games remaining to catch up and win the
league and with most of our long
term injuries recovering id say we aren't in such a bad position.
The Gunners are one of only four top - flight teams who are unbeaten so far this
term, but they are currently below City in the table, having drawn two of their three opening
league games.
Herrmann has 10 goals in 56
league games for Monchengladbach and can in central midfielder or off a main striker — a role in which Spurs new - boy Gylfi Sigurdsson has struggled to impress in so far this
term.
With Xavi being gradually retired, Kroos would have been the perfect player to replace him in the long
term; and indeed the stats from the first ten
games of La Liga this year show Xavi is the only player in the
league with better pass completion stats than the German.
Van Rhijn, 23, played in 32 Eredivisie
games last
term, as well as making six appearances in the Champions
League and two in the Europa
League.
But that only applies for a match in isolation; across a
league season, when those qualitatively inferior teams have longer
term goals than just this
game, here and now, then other factors come into play.
His absence would always be a blow to Claudio Ranieri, but comes at the worst possible time as Leicester have gone three
games without scoring, after netting in every previous
league match this
term.
He inherited a fantastic side at Barcelona, he had Messi at his disposal (who will probably go down as the greatest player ever, and guarantee's you a goal a
game), Pep also had a lot of other world class players that were so in tune which each others
game, he had lots of money to spend, and Real and Barcelona were miles ahead of any else in the Spanish
league in
terms of quality players and finances.
Balotelli has failed to score in 11 Premier
League appearances this
term and hasn't started a
game since November 1st but unless Rodgers were to sign a striker, or manage to speed up his capture of Belgian Divock Origi, it seems highly unlikely Liverpool would consider offers for the former AC Milan man.
But I do think that when the Welshman is setting up and scoring goals you can tell that he is on his
game and with Santi Cazorla on the long
term injury list Arsenal need to have Ramsey at his best if we are to challenge for the Premier
League title or to lift any trophy this season and I think the player himself is well aware that he needs to contribute more.
It's funny how he said we are better than Liverpool overrall forgetting that in
terms of players we were still better than them last season yet the beat us home and away.Liverpool team is not so good yet out of all the top four team they're the ones who play their hearts out.That's why Liverpool didn't lose a single
game to a top four team last season though on paper they should have.As for Tottenham if you look at their team they just need a few more signings and consistency so I don't know what's the big deal about them.The painful this is they could've won the
league if not for draws.It was a disgrace for any of those two to finish over us last season because on paper it shouldn't be so.This should tell you that it's not all about the team you have.Some it's about luck, sometimes it's about giving your best and sometimes it's just meant to be.
Chamberlain with huge price tag, being English can show lazy attitude and still get starting lineup under Wenger, where as Joel Campbell, being cheaper will never get a starting spot let alone a few
games to get to
terms with the
league.
Dalglish has seen his Liverpool side struggle for goals this
term, managing just 47 goals in 37 Premier
League games to date, the same total as relegated Blackburn Rovers and now the Scot is looking at possible additions to help add strength in depth up front.
Distin has missed just three Premier
League games in the past three seasons and could therefore be of good use to any team expecting to play loads of
games, hence Aston Villa «s interest given their European hopes this
term.
But now it seems (after another long
term injury) that he is now back to full fitness, and now Wenger is saying that the 32 year - old is now back in contention for a place in first team squad after playing some
games in the Europa
League and the Caraboa Cup.
They are useful though as cover for short
term injuries, international weeks, FA and
League cup but not regular
game plans unless they prove themselves in that role over the course of next season, which would then, be a bonus...
Arsenal are not the club that has had the worst fixture schedule in
terms of the lack of time that the players have to rest and recover between Premier
League games over this new year period, but we are not far off and with our usual lengthy injury list to cope with it makes life hard for the manager.
Arsenal are still in with the possibility of winning three trophies this season, but after a disastrous Premier
League game - week the FA Cup may be our best opportunity to lift one this
term.
The Gunners, of all the 20 Premiership teams, are right up there in
terms of possession, enjoying 58 % of time on the ball in the 7 Premier
League games alone.
We will never know if things would have been different for Arsenal last season if the Spanish international was fit and available to play for any more than the eight Premier
League games he managed to play, but a lot of Arsenal fans think that the loss of Santi Cazorla to a long
term injury had a large and negative bearing on our disappointing campaign.
Watford, westbrom, but to be honest i do nt blame losses on officials we get 90 mins to win
games bit i think across the
league its been poorer this year more than previous esp.linesman decisions i end up watching more than just the arsenal
games but arsenal is where my heart and loyalty lies and its been week in and week across the
league this year on officials i understand close offsides and fouls here and there cause football has a tremendous gray area in
terms of constant action but linesman have missed multiple offsides by 5 yards and more and the consistency hasnt been there one week a call is this way next week the call is the other way but i am going to stop going on about officials as of now as you said and i agree its down human error an apart of the
game
Mr Wenger got probably the second best squad of players in the premier
League all he have to do is improve on the way Arsenal play in
term of consistancy, effectiveness, effeciency and control
games in which they score very early.
I did not realise at the time, and apparently neither did he, but when Wayne Rooney profited from a lucky rebound off the bar to score the only goal of the
game to give United a jammy win at Liverpool, it took him past the Arsenal great Thierry Henry in
terms of Premier
League goals for a single club.
Well paid Debuchy Wilshere Chambers intersperse log
term lay offs with the odd cameo against Doncaster Wigan Sutton or a 76th minute sub in a
league game already won.