Man City could go on top with a victory away to Newcastle as well, and their away form has been much better than their home form. With the Carlos Tevez saga looking like it has been sorted out, they should be back to their best.
Things are about to get very hectic for Arsenal with four Premier League games in 10 days, which will be followed very quickly by FA Cup and Carling Cup games. They are going to need as many players as possible available for those
games, as players are bound to get injured, or need a rest. With that in mind it's good to hear that Abu Diaby is available again after injury, and so too is http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lukasz-Fabianski-c22910.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kieran-Gibbs-c20945 will be available early in the New Year, and
that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thomas-Vermaelen-c35002 should hopefully be available towards the end of January. He's very cautious about welcoming Vermaelen back to the squad, as he has had so many setbacks since he last played for Arsenal at the end of August.
With both Cesc Fabregas and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 (RVP) almost back to 100% fitness, they both will surely play from the start against Chelsea, and possibly they will be on the bench for the trip to Wigan Athletic only two days later.
A six point haul from those games would be ideal, but it won't be an easy task at all. If Chelsea remained unbeaten the game against Wigan will be a game that Arsenal needs to win to show that they have the consistency required, while a defeat to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786
would leave the Wigan game as a must win game in my opinion.
As long as Arsenal continue to keep winning games, and not drawing they will stay in contention, but a run of a few draws could seriously damage their title hopes. Chelsea and Man Utd both had their blips and still need to go a
long way before we can ascertain their title credentials. Arsenal are good enough to take their title challenge all the way to next May. They may have lost five games already, and common sense would say that is too many at this stage of the season, but common
sense seems to have gone out the window this season.
Don't forget to keep your fantasy teams up to date during four very quick rounds of games coming up, and also you have to keep in mind that there is another transfer wildcard coming up in January. After that there are postponed
games to be played by a lot of clubs, and you should look out for players who play twice in a week, as they can score an awful lot of points.
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