By Myles Palmer
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ARSENAL and Man United visit the relegation zone, and both will expect to win.
Form means little after a two-week break from the Premiership, but Arsenal should win at West Brom and United fans will expect three points at Sunderland.
West Brom is a big game for Reyes, Senderos and Clichy, especially Clichy, since Ashley Cole is out for 6-8 weeks after an operation to repair the stress fracture on his right foot.
Sol Campbell may be back for Sparta Prague in midweek, after a hamstring strain.
The Birmingham game seems like months ago.
Ljungberg and Reyes played as strikers, Arsenal warmed up the keeper with shot after shot and eventually Maik Taylor got so fired up he that he thought he would save everything after he stopped a feeble penalty by Pires.
Taylor was only beaten by a deflected Van Persie shot in 80 minutes.
So Arsenal won last time out. But they were not exactly flying.
At West Brom they just need to defend well and try to find their rhythm again.
If they do that, chances will come, and somebody will score.
The back five is expected to be Lehmann, Lauren, Toure, Senderos and Clichy.
Gera, West Brom’s best player, is injured.
GILBERTO is jet-lagged after returning from Brazil on Friday following the 3-0 victory over Venezuela, which puts Brazil top of the group, ahead of Argentina, who lost 1-0 in Uruguay.
The main thing is to win and hope Man United draw at Sunderland.
Saturday will see a remarkable SEVEN Premiership games. How unusual!
Top clubs playing on a Saturday?
Whatever next?
October 14th 2005