Saturday, February 10, 2007

Match Preview: Arsenal v Wigan

Relegation candidates Wigan travel to the Emirates on Sunday, following a win over Portsmouth. Despite eight consecutive defeats before that match, Wigan will be up for this, to try and extend the gap over West Ham (who lost to Watford) to eight points. But then again, so will Arsenal. With Newcastle beating Liverpool, The Gunners can significantly close the gap on the FA Cup holders, with a win tomorrow. In their previous encounter, back in December, a late Emmanuel Adebayor goal gave Arsenal the 3 points in a dull affair at The JJB Stadium.

Arsenal have some good news on the injury front, Abou Diaby and Julio Baptista are back in the squad as well as Johan Djourou who replaces the suspended Phillipe Senderos. So Freddie Ljungberg, Robin Van Persie, William Gallas, Alex Hleb and Emmanuel Eboue are the only players left on the sidelines and the latter two are very close to a return to action, so it's all good news for Gooners. As for Wigan, they welcome back Chris Kirkland, Leighton Baines and 'The Donkey' (aka Emile Heskey). I know I'm not the gaffer, but this is my prediction for the team line-up:
--------------------------Lehmann--------------------------
Hoyte-------------Toure-----------Djourou-----------Clichy
Walcott-----------Gilberto--------Fabregas----------Rosicky
-------------------Henry---------Adebayor------------------

And I'm going to go for an emphatic 5-0 win.
Goalscorers:

Henry (2), Adebayor, Rosicky, Fabregas

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