West Ham United: Injury Expert shares early Arsenal team news
Arsenal could potentially be without six first-team players for their Premier League clash against West Ham on Sunday, according to Ben Dinnery.
The injury expert shared the data on his website and has listed the players who will not be available and are “ruled out”, for Sunday’s clash (11 February) at the London Stadium.
Jurrien Timber, Fabio Vieira, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Thomas Partey have all been “ruled out” of Sunday’s game in East London while Mikel Arteta will be sweating on the fitness of star player Bukayo Saka who’s status is at 75 per cent while Gabriel Jesus is currently at 25 per cent.
Takehiro Tomiaysu has been unavailable due to his international duties for Japan at the Asia Cup but is likely to return for the game with his nation knocked out of the competition in the quarter-finals.
Mikel Arteta will be seeking revenge on David Moyes
West Ham fans will be hoping and praying Saka and Jesus aren’t passed fit for Sunday’s game as they need all the luck they can get if they are to be rescued from this mid-season slump they’re in.
It’s now six games without a win in all competitions for David Moyes’ men and that came after Christmas against Arteta’s men at the Emirates Stadium (28 December).
The Gunners will be seeking some revenge for that defeat and will be buoyed by their crucial and huge win over Liverpool last weekend that kept them in touch with the Premier League title chase.
West Ham on the other hand will be approaching this game with a limited weaponry on their hands, having sold Pablo Fornals and Said Benrahma while Lucas Paqueta and Michail Antonio are currently out injured.
Moyes’ has recently made the baffling choice not to deploy a striker in Danny Ings, a decision which has cost him and his side, lacking urgency and cutting-edge against Bournemouth and Manchester United.
Moyes needs to learn from those errors against the Gunners because the Hammers fans will be demanding improvement on home turf or things could well get ugly at the London Stadium.
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