Who’s the danger men for Fulham?
Arteta and his Arsenal squad will travel the short trip to Craven Cottage in what is set to be a great London derby to finish off the year. With important points on the line, both clubs will be fighting hard for the win. Fulham currently sit 14th on the table on 21 points and will be looking to climb up the table before the new year. Fulham have lost three of their last five and have lost their last two games on the trot.
Marco Silva is missing Tim Ream and Adam Traore due to injuries and Willian has a big question mark around his name, but Fulham still have plenty of quality to put on the table. Here’s who I think Arsenal fans need to keep an eye on this afternoon.
Alex Iwobi is always a threat on Fulham’s left wing, with plenty of pace and an eye for goal, he will be looking to put in a solid performance against his old side and will hope his speed catches us off guard. Ben White should be able to stop his rapid attacks but will have to be motivated and concentrated through the entire game as Iwobi can burst into action with no warning. He’s scored 3 goals and an assist this season and although recently Fulham haven’t been looking at their best, but Iwobi is a game changer and will be up for the game against Arsenal.
Joao Palhinha is another one who’s had a bit of a tough season but is a talented midfielder to watch out for because if he’s having a good day, he’s almost impossible to stop. Palhinha would was sought out in the summer by Bayern Munich only for the deal to fall through last minute, is an explosive midfielder who if you give him the chance, can and will punish you. Odegaard and Rice will need to keep an eye on him and try to shut down his passage forward. He also knows how to find the back of the net himself, scoring two goals and an assist so far this season.
And finally Andreas Pereira, he may not look like much, but the Brazilian midfielder has a lot of talent and pace about him. He’s extremely good on corners and set pieces and can whip a ball into anywhere. Recently he hasn’t been on top form but like the others, if you give him a chance he will pounce on it. He loves to create chances and finds spaces that a lot of players wouldn’t even see. It took him a little while to fully get comfortable to Fulham, but he now seems like he was born to play there. He’s scored a goal this season and picked up 4 assists and is one of Fulham’s best providers.
It should be a great new years eve London derby and hopefully Arsenal can finish 2023 off with a win.
What’s your thoughts Gooners? Is there anyone I missed?
Daisy Mae
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Iwobi has “plenty of pace”?.We conceded a headed goal from a corner when we met earlier this season and again against the Hammers last week.I trust our coaching staff have been taking steps to avoid a repetition today, but you can bet our keeper’s lack of command in the air will have been raised in Fulham’s training sessions.
Watching out for nobody, just gunning for their heads.
Considering what Mavropanos did with his head you might want to rephrase that. Given recent events, Willian will probably be in on goal in the first minute. Seriously, I expect a big win.
This has surely become a must win game, if not it will be classified as a dip in form, exactly of the type that scuppered last season hard work.
Arsenal has scored some 36 goals on the road in contrast to the cottagers conceding almost the same at home, surely this game has goals written all over it, if you ask me.
Arsenal will welcome back the newly important big German, which means it likely won’t be the same outfit that face the bubbles, but there are limited other options to tinker with this razor thin side, already down to sheer bones.
A better performance is needed from Declan Rice in this one, Captain Odegaard seems to back to his best, Jesus seems to be the new scapegoat, Saka with a bit more luck should resume normal service,
Paulhino a player that Arsenal like, probably the closest thing to Douglass Luiz will be a very important figure in the middle of the Park this afternoon.
Having picked six winners from six games yesterday in Dan predictor, am going bold today with a 1 – 4 win to Arsenal in this one.