Hull City will try to produce a third consecutive upset when they travel to face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Arsenal won the reverse fixture quite comfortably earlier this season, they recorded a 4-1 win at the KC Stadium with goals from Theo Walcott, Granit Xhaka and a double from Alexis Sanchez. Hull City have not beaten Arsenal in London since 2008, but last season they managed a 0-0 draw in the FA Cup at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal have lost their last two Premier League matches, 2-1 at home against Watford and then 3-1 at league leaders Chelsea. They dropped to fourth place, Chelsea are now 12 points away, it seems the Gunners have drifted out of yet another title race. Granit Xhaka is still suspended, while Mohamed Elneny and Hector Bellerin are fitness doubts for Arsene Wenger. Aaron Ramsey, Mathieu Debuchy and Santi Cazorla are injured and will surely miss out.
Hull City have produced a couple of big shocks lately, starting with the goalless draw at Manchester United and culminating with the 2-0 home victory over Liverpool. They moved off the bottom of the table thanks to those results, but they are still in the relegation zone. Michael Dawson and Abel Hernandez are injured, along with Will Keane and Ryan Mason. Lazar Markovic, on loan from Liverpool, will be available for selection after not playing against his parent club.
Probable line-ups:
Arsenal: Cech - Gabriel, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal - Chamberlain, Coquelin - Iwobi, Ozil, Welbeck - Sanchez
Hull: Jakupovic - Elabdellaoui, Maguire, Ranocchia, Robertson - N'Diaye, Huddlestone - Grosicki, Clucas, Markovic - Niasse
My prediction: Arsenal to win 3-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Arsenal win - 1.29
Draw - 6.00
Hull win - 13.00
02/11/17, 02:02:34 PM
