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Mikel Arteta says that Arsenal has used international rest to “reflect and restore” before the meeting.
Gunners have twin objectives during the last weeks of the season. They face Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, next week next week, while they still maintain an external possibility of chasing Liverpool in the race for the Premier League title.
The Arsenal is 12 points behind the meseysiders with only nine games to go and not have space for an error, starting tomorrow night against Fulham.
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Arteta said: “We have a good time to reflect and restart and put ourselves in a good position to enter the most exciting part of the Premier League season.
“It is possible to win tomorrow. The preparation is to be better than Fulham and beat them. If we do that, we will begin to generate impulse that will help us in both competitions.”
Arsenal has been left behind the Liverpool after a streak of only one victory in four League and Arteta games awaits another difficult test against a Fulham team that remains in dispute to sneak into a place of European classification.
He added: “They are always a difficult opposition. They are well trained and have been together for many years. They have a great individual organization and quality.
“They have a very clear identity and an idea of how to address the game. Therefore, we have to be very good to beat them.
“We had a lot of dominance in the last game against them (1-1 draw in December), but they were very clinical. They managed to score the goal and set the spaces and reduced the spaces.”
Fulham is heading north of London to the back of a 3-0 defeat at home at the Crystal Palace in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Saturday.
Marco Silva’s men were disappointing, but a victory in the Emirates would move them to the sixth on the table, a point behind the fourth place Chelsea.
Team News for Arsenal V Fulham
The great news for Arsenal is the fact that the end of England Bukayo Saka is “ready to use” and will be included in the equipment.
Saka has not played since he suffered a serious injury to the hamstrings in the victory in Crystal Palace in December, but is again after a long rehabilitation period.
“Bukayo Saka is ready to work,” said Arteta.
“All careful things are already made. Now it’s about putting it in the grass at the right time. But he is pressing because he really wants to do it.
“We have respected the timeline and we have done everything. It’s ready to start.”
It is likely to begin at the bank with Ethan Nwaneri continuing on the right.
The negative for Arsenal is that Riccardo Calafiori suffered a knee injury in the international service with Italy and is not available.
Fulham has a clean health bill and will select from the same team he took in the palace, although Silva is likely to make changes given his weekend performance.
Alignments planned for Arsenal V Fulham
Arsenal: Tiber, Saliba, Gabriel, Levilly-Skelly; Party, rice, Odeegaard; Riveri, Merino, Martin.
Fulham: Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Berge, Lukic; Traore, Smith-Rowe, Iwobi; Jiménez
How to see Arsenal V Fulham: TV and online transmission
The game will not be exhibited in the United Kingdom on television or through an online broadcast.
However, if you live abroad, see this list: Visualization options abroad
Statistics for Arsenal V Fulham
- Arsenal has won five of his last 10 games against Fulham for two goals or more
- There has been a goal in the first half in each of the last seven games at Arsenal’s house.
- Fulham has scored a goal in the first half in his last four games outside
Prediction
If Fulham had won on the weekend, this would have been a more difficult game for Arsenal.
But the reverse to the palace, and the nature of the defeat, could take some time to overcome.
The Arsenal will be driven by Saka’s return and believe that it will reappear in the second half with the game already won.
Prediction: Arsenal 4-1 Fulham
