West Brom v Arsenal- Gunners aiming for three consecutive wins
Arsenal travel to face West Brom on the back of consecutive wins while West Brom are reeling after a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Leeds United.
The Baggies will come into the clash languishing in 19th in the Premier League table while the Gunners will either be 13th or 14th depending on the result of the Crystal Palace and Sheffield United match.
Mikel Arteta’s side capitalized on their 3-1 Boxing Day win over Chelsea with a 1-0 win over Brighton thanks to a second-half strike from Alexandre Lacazette.
It is expected that Mikel Arteta will keep the same XI that managed to get the points over Brighton however with his goal Alexandre Lacazette could return to the starting side.
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West Brom
Sam Allardyce will again be without Conor Townsend who is still injured. Jake Livermore is serving the last of his three-game ban.
Former Arsenal defender Kieran Gibbs has a thigh problem and is not expected to feature against his former side. Both Kyle Bartley and Hal Robson-Kanu are not expected to play any part against the Gunners.
Arsenal
For the Gunners, Thomas Partey returned to first-team training however the West Brom match will come too soon while Reiss Nelson is also deemed not fit enough for the clash and will also miss.
Defender Gabriel who had a positive test for Covid-19 will still be out while both David Luiz and Willian are back in the squad however they are likely to return to the bench.
Bukayo Saka who took a heavy knock against Brighton is expected to recover and play his part against West Brom.
Predicted XI- Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Mari, Xhaka, Elneny, Smith Rowe, Saka, Aubameyang, Martinelli.
Mikel Arteta has his side playing with confidence after back-to-back wins over Chelsea and Brighton and they will be looking for a third win on the bounce to continue to climb the table.
After their thumping by Leeds, West Brom will be looking for revenge against Arsenal however the Gunners will go in as favourites.
Arsenals have a great opportunity to claim another vital three points and will hope to start 2021 in the same way as they ended 2020, with three points.
Predicted scoreline- West Brom 0-2 Arsenal
