Saturday, April 28, 2007

Match Preview: Arsenal v Fulham

After being cruelly denied of 3 points last Saturday, Arsenal will be out to get them and secure that Champions League spot. But it would need a miracle for The Gunners not to qualify as they are 9 points ahead of Bolton and Everton with 3 games to go, meaning Arsenal would have to lose all their games and Bolton or Everton would need to win all of theirs; so without being too cocky, let's face it, it's not gonna happen. The Gunners will also be hoping to catch Liverpool to get 3rd place, but that looks unlikely as well, with the men from Merseyside being 4 points clear.

Fulham are still not safe from the relegation dogfight, so new manager, Lawrie Sanchez has a lot of work on his hands. But The Cottagers did beat Arsene Wenger's side back in October so anything is possible, especially with a few Arsenal absentees. As well as the long-term triple, Freddie Ljungberg and Tomas Rosicky have both been ruled out of tommorrow's clash, perhaps giving the visitors a chance. Jimmy Bullard is still out with knee ligament damage and is joined on the sidelines by Franck Queudrue and Ian Pearce.

Form Guide:
Arsenal: DWWDL
Fulham: DLLLD

Last Encounter:
Fulham 2-1 Asenal (McBride, Radzinski, Van Persie)

Team Prediction:
------------------------------Lehmann------------------------------------
Eboue--------------Toure-----------------Gallas--------------------Clichy
------------------------------Gilberto-------------------------------------
Hleb--------------Fabregas--------------Denilson-------------------Diaby
------------------------------Adebayor------------------------------------

Score Prediction:
Arsenal 7-0 Fulham (Adebayor 3, Hleb, Diaby, Eboue, OG)

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