Draw Premier League: Arsenal 2 - 2 Fulham | Saturday 26th August | KO: 15:00 BST

Prediction

Arsenal 3-0 Fulham

 

[AberGooner]

Fulham looking very poor. Comfy 3 or 4-0 would do nicely.

 

[Paperino]

Should be easy, especially if Arteta use a non-stupid starting 11. Fulham was outplayed by a team coached by Sean Dyche even if they won that game and was then beaten at home by Brentford with 3-0. Crap team.

 

[db10_therza]

Put Gabriel Megalhaes in the starting 11 prediction or I’m red carding you fs.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Easy game to prepare for the title decider.

 

[lamby22]

Surely Zinny starts this one. Looking forward to see how he links up with Rice. Plus hopefully Havertz and Gabi will benefit from him being back as well.

 

[dino bravo]

---------Ramsdale
White - Saliba - Gabriel - Zinny
--------Partey - Rice
--Saka - Ødegaard - Martinelli
-----------Nketiah

 

[db10_therza]

---------Ramsdale
White - Saliba - Gabriel - Zinny
--------Partey - Rice
--Saka - Ødegaard - Martinelli
-----------Nketiah

I think we drop Partey for this one tbh.

 

[Arsenia]

It's not going to happen, but I'd love to see:

Ramsdale
White Saliba Gabriel Zinchenko
Partey Rice
Saka Ødegaard Martinelli
Trossard

 

[db10_therza]

Ramsdale
White — Saliba — Gabi (the sexy one) — Zinny
Rice
Ødegaard — Havertz
Saka — Eddie — Martinelli​

 

[Badger_Revenge]

I do think Trossard gets this start based on last years performance. Hope we see Zinchenko. He was quality as a sub against Palace. I think he may be used as a sub again though. Too early.

Think we'll stick with Havertz in midfield. He's not really put a foot wrong, and I think it was for teams like Fulham/Brentford/Palace that he was brought in.

Gonna go crazy and predict Raya, even though I don't think it will really happen, it would be a message that there really is no number 1. I think Raya's hands are better, and he's better with the ball at his feet, though he has to get used to the pattern of play Arteta wants.

EDIT: Sorry, I presumed Tomiyasu was not suspended as I still can't believe he was red carded, and I figured it would get overturned. That changes everything. Zinny at LB. Havertz out. (Man this is a flexible squad.)

Raya
White Saliba Gabby Zinchenko
Partey
Ødegaard, Rice
Saka Martinelli
Trossard

 

[boonthegoon]

Big gabi has some weird love for them. He has scored 3 times vs Fulham. Will start him just for that. Not a usual record a defender has vs a team

 

[boonthegoon]

Anyways with tomiyasu out and zinchenko back

We'll go with
White Saliba Gabriel Zinchenko
Rice
Ødegaard Havertz
Saka Nketiah Martinelli

And people are going to go crazy over havertz in favor of partey and no trossard but that's what will happen I feel

 

[boonthegoon]

This ref is the absolute worst for us in they last few years

 

[boonthegoon]

Feel like this is the game we break our shackles and properly play free flowing football and score 3-4 at least

 

[Sanchez11]

Play Kai up top, Rice and Partey in the middle lets go.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

An @Oxeki matchday thread that's brimming with false bravado & pre-match confidence?

Might as well give the points to Fulham now.

 

[LuanNguyen]

Ramsdale
White — Saliba — Gabi (the sexy one) — Zinny
Rice
Ødegaard — Havertz
Saka — Eddie — Martinelli​

Trossard should replace Martinelli or Eddie. I found the trio of Eddie, Havertz, Martinelli not working.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

I'm going for a solid 1.5 - 0.5 to The Arsenal

 

[Farzad Stoned]

I don’t know why Arteta prefers Eddie and Havertz to Trossard makes no sense. Who knows what lineup this boffhead will put out there the last one was sheer comedy. But 11 Arsenal players should handle Fulham easily and be able to overcome the burden their manager’s bright ideas are for them.

2-0 to the good guys. Lets see what practical joke of a lineup Mik produces. Havertz playing constantly is stunting our attack. We got a 65 million pound, tall, German Willian on our hands.