Burnley v Arsenal: the team and how the table will change afterwards

 

 

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By Bulldog Drummond

So we know that Burnley are doing not much at all, and so have gained a grand total of one draw  against teams currently in the top half of the table.   In short they are not having a great time.   They are also letting more goals in this season, on a game by game basis, that in any post-war season, while scoring fewer.

Also there is the fact that they mostly score from outside the penalty area, largely because they hardly ever get inside the opposition’s penalty area.

But against this, Arsenal have never started a year with five wins in a row.    The unbeaten season almost did it, but were foiled in the first match…

 

Date	Match	Result	Score
07 Jan 2004	Everton v Arsenal	D	1-1
10 Jan 2004	Arsenal v Middlesbrough	W	4-1
18 Jan 2004	Aston Villa v Arsenal	W	0-2
01 Feb 2004	Arsenal v Manchester City	W	2-1
07 Feb 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal	W	1-3
10 Feb 2004	Arsenal v Southampton	W	2-0
21 Feb 2004	Chelsea v Arsenal	W	1-2
28 Feb 2004	Arsenal v Charlton Athletic	W	2-1
13 Mar 2004	Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal	W	0-2
20 Mar 2004	Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers	W	2-1

 

Plus if Bukayo Saka scores it will be the first time he has scored in four consecutive games so that could be cause for another celebration.

As for a team, the Standard offers us

Raya;

White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior;

Odegaard, Rice, Havertz;

Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

They also chime in with a 2-0 win to Arsenal.

Pain in the Arsenal  vary the positionings slightly but it is the same players that they have listed.

Sports Mole also have the same team but they come in with a different score – making it 0-3 to the Arsenal.   So with that we will take it that this is the team.

Of course we know that a win is vital to keep up the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City, but as the actual table below reminds us, goals are also important.  

 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	24	16	6	2	55	23	32	54
2	Manchester City	23	16	4	3	56	25	31	52
3	Arsenal	24	16	4	4	53	22	31	52
4	Tottenham Hotspur	24	14	5	5	51	36	15	47

 

Liverpool are away to Brentford at lunchtime today, and Manchester City are at home to Chelsea at 5.30pm.   Both of those games are completely winnable, as indeed should Arsenal’s match be, which means if the likely results play out in all cases, we’ll all be looking once again at the goal difference column.

Tottenham are also playing at 3pm today, at home to Wolverhampton, which given Tottenham’s pretensions they ought to win.   So it is quite possible that the top four in the table will look exactly the same tonight as it did this morning.

And to finish off we also have the team news for the Women’s game

Arsenal XI: Sabrina D’Angelo, Lotte Wubben-Moy, Laia Codina, Katie McCabe, Steph Catley, Victoria Pelova, Lia Wälti, Kim Little (C), Cloé Lacasse, Stina Blackstenius, Beth Mead. 

Subs: Manuela Zinsberger, Sarah Bouhaddi, Katie Reid, Kyra Cooney-Cross, Frida Maanum, Caitlin Foord, Vivianne Miedema, Alessia Russo, Vivienne Lia..