Arsenal have started the 22/23 season with a bang, winning all three of their matches and currently, they are sitting at the top of the Premier League table – two points above Man City.
Next up, they will welcome Fulham at the Emirates Stadium and with the kind of form that Arteta’s boys are in right now, the manager will be expecting nothing less than three points from this match.
The Gunners have scored nine goals and conceded only two so far but they should be ready for a tough challenge from Fulham because they too haven’t lost yet.
Based on current form, we don’t see Arsenal losing this one but, to be honest, the away side held Liverpool to a 2-2 draw in gameweek one so if the home side were to drop points, we won’t be too surprised.
Arsenal team news vs Fulham:
Mikel Arteta has more or less solved the majority of his problems during the summer and most importantly, he has only one injury concern going into next weekend and that is Reiss Nelson.
Ben White has been performing so well as a right-back that Tomiyasu has had to be content with a place on the bench and we don’t think the manager is going to change anything in defence on Saturday either.
Zinchenko has been a massive upgrade to the injury-prone Kieran Tierney and we don’t see the Scottish international coming back into the picture any time soon.
The Gunners are still being linked with Leicester City’s Youri Tielemans but until that deal is done, Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey will be pairing up in central midfield.
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Odegaard scored a brace last weekend against the Cherries as he was the standout performer in that match and right now, no one’s going to take the club captain’s place.
Fabio Vieira has returned from injury and was on the bench this past weekend. If Arsenal can wrap up the Fulham match early then he could be given some minutes towards the end of the second half.
Gabriel Jesus is in the form of his life right now and even though he did not find the back of the net against Bournemouth, the Brazilian ended that match with an assist.
Eddie Nketiah will have to be a bench warmer once again and unless Jesus sees a major dip in form, Nketiah not coming back into the first XI.
Arsenal predicted line up vs Fulham:
Predicted Starting XI(4-3-2-1): Ramsdale; Ben White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Xhaka, Thomas Partey; Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli; Gabriel Jesus.
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