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Arsenal v Burnley Line-Up

 

The on-fire Gunner will be looking for their eighth successive Premier League win on Saturday as they travel north to take on relegated threatened Burnley at Turf Moor.

Arsenal will be full of confidence following the 4-1 hammering of Liverpool last weekend and surprisingly have the same number of points at this stage in the campaign as they had last season.

Wenger also has a healthy looking squad from which to choose from with Mathieu Debuchy, Jack Wilshere and Mikel Arteta all returning to the fold.

The bad news however is that Laurent Koscielny is doubtful with a thigh injury while now back-up keeper Wojceich Szczesny will undergo a fitness test for a rib injury picked up in training.

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Goalkeeper

Once more it will be David Ospina between the posts with the Gunners winning an impressive 90% of games that he has started, while also keeping a clean sheet in five of them.

Defence
Despite having Frenchman Mathieu Debuchy available for selection it would make no sense to drop Hector Bellerin, and especially so after the youngster scored such a spectacular goal last weekend against Liverpool.

Wenger could however be forced to play Gabriel alongside Per Mertesacker due to Koscielny’s injury.
We could also see the return of Kieran Gibbs to the team despite good performances from Spaniard Nacho Monreal.

Midfield

The return of Jack Wilshere is a big boost for everyone, but with the team in good form we do not see him getting the start leaving an unchanged Francis Coquelin, Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey, Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil to start after having dominated the centre of the park last weekend.
Ozil produced a world-class free-kick while also showing that his overall form has improved, and what can you say about the Chilean Sanchez who scored his 14th goal of the season making him a no-brainer in anyone’s team.

Attack

French striker Olivier Giroud will hope to maintain his form after having scored a goal in each of his last eight games bringing his total to 18 for the season he could very well add to his tally this afternoon against a shaky Burnley defence.

 

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