Arsenal will travel to Carrow Road tomorrow to face Norwich City in the Premier League. The Gunners are currently undefeated on the road, and have only lost 1 league game in 7, with 12 points to their name.
Norwich have not enjoyed the same fortune. Fresh from a 4-1 thrashing courtesy of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, the Canaries are without a win in the league. Suffering from the proverbial ‘second season syndrome’, Norwich need to get a result to get their season running.
New manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Hughton must be a frustrated man to see his side play so well but always end up on the losing side. With Arsenal in top form, the Canaries face a real test as they play hosts to the North London club.
Norwich City
Expected starting line-up:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-c36794 Hoolahan.
Norwich are expected to field out the same team that was on the receiving end of a 4-1 thrashing courtesy of league leaders Chelsea. The club sits at second last, with a just a point above Queens Park http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314.
On the bench, Hughton has the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robert-c31222 Snodgrass. Other than that, he will be hoping to fix things in the centre-back department by playing Bassong and Garrido together so that both centre-halves can form a partnership
Norwich have failed to make an impact, while playing some decent attacking football. The club has suffered at the back with its poor defensive performances, and have also failed to score goals.
Chris Hughton doesn’t have much to choose from when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 visit Carrow Road tomorrow, but will be looking to take the lock down the Gunners, defend and hit them on the counter attack.
Arsenal
Expected starting line-up:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The Gunners will start with their usual starting 11. However, manager Arsene Wenger will be without some of his key players, who sustained minor injuries during international duty.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kieran-Gibbs-c20945 is still out recovering from the strain he picked up against West Ham two weeks ago.
Arsenal are also currently short staffed when it comes to goalkeepers. First choice and club no.1 Wojech Szczesny is still three weeks away from fitness, with Lukasz Fabianksi also having suffered an ankle ligament injury.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gervinho-c14755 is expected to make way for Chamberlain.
Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski will start up front, with both players in decent form and providing a physical element. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santi-Cazorla-c32505 will play in his usual preferred free role, orchestrating attack after attack while Arteta provides him support from the
back.
Both players are the top rated midfielders in the league as far as stats go, and have formed an impeccable partnership. Arsenal fans will be glad to see Per Mertesacker and Vermaelen back in the centre back roles, with both players having three clean sheets
between them.
Carl Jenkinson will feature as right back as he continues to deputize for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bacary-Sagna-c7148. With the youngsters drastic improvements and impressive performances, the Gunners have a solid back line, and a team capable of getting a result against any opposition.
Final Score: Norwich City 1-3 Arsenal
Arsenal are the better team on paper, and have way too much firepower for the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lukas-Podolski-c22896 and Santi Cazorla.
The summer signings have been nothing short of impressive, especially Cazorla, who for me has by far been the signing of the summer.
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