Arsenal play host to Hull City today in what will hopefully be a fuss free-encounter.
The Tigers come into the match in good spirits having enjoyed a top run of results since changing manager.
Marco Silva has helped his side to wins over Manchester United and Liverpool in the past month, and are no longer certain to be demoted from the top tier. They are playing with much more confidence at present and are very much more organised, and will be tough to break down.
Arsenal can usually boast the same, but currently seem out-of-sorts with Arsene Wenger banned from the sidelines, and actually come into the match on the back of consecutive defeats.
We have been suffering with issues in midfield which will hopefully now be over however, with Mohamed Elneny set to return this weekend, which will hopefully give us the much needed stability we have been lacking of late.
Francis Coquelin has failed to impress alongside Aaron Ramsey or Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, but will have extra help doing the dirty work from Elneny should he need it today.
Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka are all missing out, while Hector Bellerin may feature following suffering concussion against Chelsea last week.
The rest of our squad is fully available, and the attacking places could be fielded a number of ways.
Predicted XI:
Cech
Gabriel Mustafi Koscielny Monreal
Coquelin Elneny
Walcott Ozil Alexis
Welbeck
This is a must-win game, and I firmly expect our boys to get the required result today. Hull may be organised, but once we get the opening goal is when they will have to reassess the situation and will thrive off of it. I expect us to break the deadlock in the opening half, before going onto win 3-1.
What are your predictions?
Pat J