With our first match of the new league season kicking off on August 12th there is little chance these four players will be available and with the Gunners having been handed a tough early
run of fixtures starting with Leicester and then Stoke and Liverpool away, we really need to be ready from the off.
Not exact matches
Arsenal The North Londoners have had a decent
start to their campaign, which has seen them qualify for the group stages
of the UEFA Champions League for the 17th year
running, and pick up 5 points from 3 Premier League
fixtures.
The Gunners are nine points behind Mourinho's men after a tough
start to the season, but just as our injury crisis is easing off and we are going into a nice looking
run of fixtures, losing Costa would be a real blow and they face an away trip to a Crystal Palace side that had a good win in their last game and who Neil Warnock will have very well organised.
The last time they had a
run of difficult games, everyone expected them to lose and
start sinking down the table, But that never happened and the same thing was said about their
fixtures against Liverpool, Man City and Us..
But that easire
fixture schedule is the reason why Liverpool were able to stay fresh, keep the same
starting XI and go on such a great
run in the latter half
of last season.
I assume that Arsene Wenger has been thinking about making a change or two to the Arsenal team that has been
starting and winning their matches recently, as this is the middle
of a three matches in seven days
run of fixtures.
This is little chance Griezmann and / or Diego Costa play, let alone
start, against a Copenhagen side that is also set to rotate due to a demanding
run of league
fixtures.
Nicks breathes a sigh
of relief as Arsenal see off an impressive Liverpool side, and then bites his nails as they
start a Mordoresque
run of fixtures
With an incredibly difficult
run of fixtures to come,
starting with Newcastle away this weekend before make or break clashes with Manchester City in the league and Valencia in Europe, it's impossible not think as the next couple
of weeks being a defining period in the season, for club and manager.
The midfielder
started in the 1 - 1 draw away to Nigeria and then played the entirety
of the return
fixture as Egypt
ran out 1 - 0 winners.
They have a pretty horrific
run of fixtures themselves to
start the season so the traditional draw is worth betting on now!
The Reds have had a difficult
run of fixtures to
start the season, but they have been the better side in all
of their matches.
Liverpool were also without Daniel Sturridge and Danny Ings during a hectic
run of fixtures, and former Borussia Dortmund chief Klopp intends to «learn» from this season by bringing in a new winger and striker prior to the
start of the next campaign.
Fraizer Campbell, a player who has only featured in a handful
of games for Sunderland this season, scored a brace against Barrow whilst playing the role
of assistant in Sunderland's third, so perhaps his classy display will put him into Steve Bruce's
starting equation ahead
of their home
fixture with Bolton in a game Sunderland have to win to banish their poor
run of league form.
#LUFC
ran out 3 - 2 winners in the reverse
fixture against #BWFC at the
start of the season.