Sunday, March 16, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Arsenal v Middlesbrough
Arsenal could be without Theo Walcott (thigh) again after he missed the draw at Wigan but Emmanuel Eboue is back after a three-match suspension.
Kolo Toure and Robin van Persie are fit again and pressing for starts but Tomas Rosicky and Abou Diaby are out.
Afonso Alves (illness) and Jeremie Aliadiere (ban) return to the Boro squad for the trip to the Emirates.
Andrew Taylor played an hour for the reserves in midweek after a foot injury, but the game has come too soon.
Team From
Arsenal
Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue, Fabregas, Flamini, Hleb, van Persie, Adebayor, Lehmann, Song, J Hoyte, Senderos, Gilberto, Denilson, Bendtner.
Middlesbrough
Schwarzer, Young, Wheater, Pogatetz, Huth, O'Neil, Boateng, Shawky, Downing, Tuncay, Mido, Alves, Turnbull, Rochemback, Johnson, Grounds, Cattermole, Taylor, Aliadiere.
About the Match
Champions League and Premier League chasing Arsenal are highly likely to have been knocked off the top of the table by the time this teatime kicks off gets underway. Manchester United play away to rock bottom Derby two hours earlier and victory for the visitors will mean the Gunners will have to improve on three successive draws to recapture top spot.
Middlesbrough are the only club to have beaten Arsenal in a league clash this season, and will have to notch a first away victory in 2008 is they are to pull off a first double over the Gunners in 70 years.
No club has scored a higher proportion of their Premier League goals in the first 15 minutes than Middlesbrough (seven of 26, 27%), and no club has scored more goals in stoppage time than Arsenal (seven).
Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 7-0 at Highbury on 14 January 2006. By comparison, the three subsequent home and away meetings have produced seven goals in total.
Head to Head Details
Middlesbrough last beat Arsenal home and away in the same season in 1937-38, with two 2-1 victories.
'Boro have recorded only one victory on Arsenal turf since the Second World War. Their only maximum in 29 league visits was 0-3 on 14 April 2001 when they were assisted by two own goals.
Home and away
League (inc PL): Arsenal 57 wins, Middlesbrough 29, Draws 29
Prem: Arsenal 15 wins, Middlesbrough 5, Draws 5
at Arsenal only
League (inc PL): Arsenal 36 wins, Middlesbrough 6, Draws 15
Prem: Arsenal 7 wins, Middlesbrough 1, Draws 4
Kolo Toure and Robin van Persie are fit again and pressing for starts but Tomas Rosicky and Abou Diaby are out.
Afonso Alves (illness) and Jeremie Aliadiere (ban) return to the Boro squad for the trip to the Emirates.
Andrew Taylor played an hour for the reserves in midweek after a foot injury, but the game has come too soon.
Team From
Arsenal
Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue, Fabregas, Flamini, Hleb, van Persie, Adebayor, Lehmann, Song, J Hoyte, Senderos, Gilberto, Denilson, Bendtner.
Middlesbrough
Schwarzer, Young, Wheater, Pogatetz, Huth, O'Neil, Boateng, Shawky, Downing, Tuncay, Mido, Alves, Turnbull, Rochemback, Johnson, Grounds, Cattermole, Taylor, Aliadiere.
About the Match
Champions League and Premier League chasing Arsenal are highly likely to have been knocked off the top of the table by the time this teatime kicks off gets underway. Manchester United play away to rock bottom Derby two hours earlier and victory for the visitors will mean the Gunners will have to improve on three successive draws to recapture top spot.
Middlesbrough are the only club to have beaten Arsenal in a league clash this season, and will have to notch a first away victory in 2008 is they are to pull off a first double over the Gunners in 70 years.
No club has scored a higher proportion of their Premier League goals in the first 15 minutes than Middlesbrough (seven of 26, 27%), and no club has scored more goals in stoppage time than Arsenal (seven).
Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 7-0 at Highbury on 14 January 2006. By comparison, the three subsequent home and away meetings have produced seven goals in total.
Head to Head Details
Middlesbrough last beat Arsenal home and away in the same season in 1937-38, with two 2-1 victories.
'Boro have recorded only one victory on Arsenal turf since the Second World War. Their only maximum in 29 league visits was 0-3 on 14 April 2001 when they were assisted by two own goals.
Home and away
League (inc PL): Arsenal 57 wins, Middlesbrough 29, Draws 29
Prem: Arsenal 15 wins, Middlesbrough 5, Draws 5
at Arsenal only
League (inc PL): Arsenal 36 wins, Middlesbrough 6, Draws 15
Prem: Arsenal 7 wins, Middlesbrough 1, Draws 4
Thursday, March 13, 2008
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