West Bromwich Albion vs Arsenal preview

October 5, 2013
By: Deke Hardman

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The weekend’s action in the Premier League concludes at the Hawthorns where West Bromwich Albion host table toppers Arsenal.

The Baggies go in to the game on the back of their impressive 2-1 victory at Champions Manchester United last weekend, a result which saw them move in to the top half of the table.

Scott Sinclair has been ruled out until after the international break, while strikers Shane Long, Nicolas Anelka and Victor Anichebe are also unlikely to feature, so Saido Berhanio could be handed his first league start.

The England U21 international has five goals in all competitions this season, including a hat-trick against Newport County in the third round of the League Cup – his first competitive start for Steve Clarke’s side, and the winner at Old Trafford.

Berhanio, whose other goal for the club came against Arsenal last month, is 12.0 (11/1) to open the scoring ahead of Stephane Sessegnon who is a 13.0 (12/1) shot with William Hill.

The home win is as highly priced as the 4.8 (19/5) on offer from William Hill, with the visitors widely available at 1.8 (4/5). The draw is a 3.9 (29/10) chance with Bet Victor.

The Gunners will set a new club record of nine straight away league victories if they take all three points here, against the only side they have failed to beat within ninety minutes since the opening day defeat to Aston Villa.

Bacary Sagna has been ruled out for three weeks after picking up a hamstring injury in Tuesday evening’s win over Napoli, and joins Theo Walcott, Santi Cazorla, Yaya Sanogo, Lukas Podolski and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on the side-lines.

Olivier Giroud is a 6.0 (5/1) shot to get the first goal of the games ahead of Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil, who are both priced at 10.0 (9/1) with William Hill.

Arsene Wenger’s men ran out 2-1 winners in last season’s corresponding fixture, and haven’t lost at the Hawthorns since October 2005.

A repeat of that scoreline is generously priced at 10.0 (9/1) with William Hill, while Coral offer 3.75 (11/4) for the away win to nil.

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