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Arsenal News: Ramsey To Miss Everton Clash

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LONDON, Sporting Alert – Midfielder Aaron Ramsey will not play for Arsenal in Saturday’s English Premier League clash with Everton, the club revealed on Arsenal.com on Thursday.

Ramsey, who has struggled with his form this season, has suffered a hamstring injury and manager Arsene Wenger revealed that he will not be available for the weekend.

The Frenchman believes Ramsey will be out until at least after the next international break.

The Wales international was taken off just before the hour mark in Tuesday’s Champions League 2-0 win over Bayern Munich, and Wenger thinks that playing the Euro 2016 qualifier against Andorra contributed to the problem.

“He had a scan today but he’s out. I believe he will be out until after the next international break,” Wenger said on www.arsenal.com.

“With the [last] international break, the fact that he played against Andorra certainly cost [Real Madrid’s Gareth] Bale and him as well.”

Ramsey is expected to return to action a month from now.

Meanwhile, Arsenal also confirmed that goalkeeper David Ospina will also remain on the sidelines as he continues to recover from an injury, but is due back after the international break as well.

“David Ospina is out for our next game and certainly until the next international break,” the boss added.

Forward Danny Welbeck and midfielders Jack Wilshere and Tomas Rosicky will be out until the New Year, Wenger confirmed.

Arsenal can go top of the Premier League standings with a victory over Everton on Saturday, as leaders Manchester City will not be in action until Sunday when they face Manchester United in the derby clash.

GAME INFO

Arsenal (from): Cech, Ospina, Bellerin, Chambers, Debuchy, Gabriel, Gibbs, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Arteta, Cazorla, Coquelin, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Campbell, Giroud, Sanchez, Walcott.

Everton (from): Howard, Joel, Stanek, Browning, Coleman, Funes Mori, Galloway, Holgate, Jagielka, Oviedo, Stones, Barkley, Barry, Cleverley, Gibson, Lennon, McCarthy, Mirallas, Osman, Pienaar, Deulofeu, Kone, Lukaku, Naismith, Rodriguez.

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Referee: Lee Mason Assistants: S Beck, A Garratt Fourth Official: A Taylor

Watch Arsenal v West Ham; Live Radio Stream on talkSport

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LONDON, Sporting Alert – Olivier Giroud gets the starting nod up front for Arsenal in today’s English Premier League clash with West Ham United at Emirates Stadium.

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The Frenchman starts ahead of Theo Walcott in the attack, despite the England international’s promising outing against Chelsea in the Community Shield a week ago.

It is understood manager Arsene Wenger wants a strong type of player to deal with the physical plays of West Ham and backs Giroud to hold things together up front.

Alexis Sanchez also returns, but he is only on the bench for kick-off, with Wenger stating that the Chile international wasn’t ready to play 90 minutes, following his extending season in the summer with the national team during the Copa America tournament.

Community Shield hero Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who netted the winner against Chelsea, keeps his place on the right, with Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil also starting this game.

Petr Cech, who made the short move from Chelsea to Arsenal in the summer, will make his English Premier League debut for the Gunners, with Mathieu Debuchy, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal and Francis Coquelin all in the starting lineup as well.

Slaven Bilic, the West Ham United manager, has decided to hand 16-year-old Reece Oxford his debut against Arsenal and the Hammers boss says his performance in training was the key reason for him getting a starting place today.

Dimitri Payet also starts and he is expected to be the main creator for Bilic’s side, with Mauro Zarate and Diafra Sakho heading things up in the attack.

Cheikhou Kouyate is also in the starting lineup and he will be alongside Mark Noble in the midfield, while James Tomkins, Winston Reid and Aaron Cresswell play in the backline.

Kevin Nolan, Matthew Jarvis, James Collins, Modibo Maiga and Diego Poyet are all on the bench for West Ham.

Besides Walcott and Sanchez, Arsenal also have Kieran Gibbs, Gabriel Paulista, Mikel Arteta and Calum Chambers available for selection during the game.

Arsenal v West Ham: English Premier League Lineups

Arsenal: Cech, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Giroud. Subs: Gibbs, Gabriel, Arteta, Ospina, Walcott, Sanchez, Chambers

West Ham: Adrian, Tomkins, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Oxford, Noble, Kouyate, Payet, Zarate, Sakho. Subs: Randolph, Nolan, Jarvis, Collins, Maiga, Poyet, Lanzini

Referee: Martin Atkinson

Emirates Cup Highlights, Recap: Arsenal 6, Lyon 0

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LONDON, Sporting Alert – Arsenal hammered Lyon 6-0 in their opening game of the Emirates Cup at Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

Six different scorers were on the sheet this evening for the Gunners, who were without a few key players, including Alexis Sanchez and Jack Wilshere , while new summer recruit Petr Cech started the game on the bench.

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Aaron Ramsey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex Iwobi and Olivier Giroud scored in a dominating first half of action for Arsenal, before Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla completed the rout with second half strikes.

“It was a good, dynamic, collective performance where we could see that many players scored goals,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Arsenal.com.

“Overall it’s in the continuity of what we did at the end of last season, and we’ve taken that form into pre-season as well. There’s a good team dynamic and we’ve shown again that we can score goals, which is what everybody expects from us.

After a scoreless opening half-hour, Arsenal took the lead through Giroud, who expertly guided home a header over goalkeeper Anthony Lopes after Ozil had sent in a delightful delivery off a free-kick.

Shortly after that Giroud turned provider to make it 2-0.

Ramsey wiggled his way out of trouble inside his own half with some fancy foot work and then found the Frenchman with a nice through ball that he held up very well before teasing it off to the speed Oxlade-Chamberlain, who buried his shot past Lopes into the bottom right corner in the 34th minute.

The goals kept coming after that and the English Premier League side increased its lead one minute later with Alex Iwobi putting his name on the scoresheet this time.

Another team build up saw Ramsey feeding another pass through to Iwobi and the Nigerian smartly turned home past the keeper into the roof of the net to make it 3-0.

He said on the Gunners website: “When Aaron passed me the ball I couldn’t believe it. I just swung my left foot at it and fortunately it went in and I was like ‘oh my gosh.’

“I couldn’t believe it, I was in shock. I didn’t know what to do or how to celebrate but I enjoyed it!

“I have dreamt about it so many times but I never thought it could feel as good as this.

“My family, my friends, my close friends even my uncle was here today so I was glad to get a goal for them.”

Seven minutes before the half time break Ramsey finally put his name on the scoresheet with a cheeky looking finish off the post.

Ozil broke away down the left side and patiently waited on his fellow midfield teammate Ramsey to work his way into the box before playing him through with a ball that the Wales international slipped around Lopes and off the right post in the 38th minute.

With the victory already protected and Lyon seemed focus on playing their second game of the tournament on Sunday, Arsenal found a way to net twice again in the second with Ozil firing low into the bottom corner in the 62nd minute and Cazorla beating the keeper with a low free-kick in the 85th minute.

Wenger was delighted to see six different goalscorers on the stats sheet.

Football is subtle. It’s not mathematics. There’s a logic in the game that means that you create chances when all of your quality players play for each other,” the Frenchman said on Arsenal.com.

“Every game is different. I still say that after the game tonight we are open-minded but we are not in a desperate need, because we were missing [Danny] Welbeck and Alexis who are big players.

“We did not have Wilshere who is a creative player as well. That means we have a good squad.”

The opening Emirates Cup game Villarreal picked up a narrow 2-1 victory over Wolfsburg.

Arsenal will next face Wolfsburg on Sunday, with Lyon going up against Villarreal.

Swansea Edged Arsenal 1-0 At Emirates

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Swansea City defended deep and then hit Arsenal on the counter to earn a 1-0 victory at Emirates Stadium on Monday night.

Second half substitute Bafetimbi Gomis found the back of the net with a header in the 85th minute to seal the win for the Swans, although it took the goal-line technology deeper to confirmed the goal.

The defeat put a massive dent in Arsenal’s chances of finishing second, while Swansea City strengthened their hopes of gaining places in the Europa League next season.

“We worked all week on our plan. The players were magnificent and carried it out to the letter,” Swansea manager Garry Monk told Sky Sports.

“I’ve tried to make the team adaptable. There’s no one way to play – as a team you have to be able to adapt and today was a perfect example of that.

“We didn’t have a fit striker to choose from the start but I knew if it was tight in the last 20 minutes we could push for a winner.”

Speaking to Sky Sports after the game, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said: “We were a bit unlucky with the goal. There are a lot of positives. This kind of game you play 20 times and win 19 times.

“In patches our domination was top quality. You have to learn from defeat and we take encouragement from a defeat like that.

“Swansea deserve credit for their defensive display but they probably had the fewest passes in our half of any team here this season.”

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Arsenal and Swansea are locked at 0-0 at halftime, but history have shown that the second half is normally when the goals have come.

Swansea City have been playing a bit more on the defensive side, as they continue to look for a chance to hit the Gunners on a counter-attack.

Arsenal are unchanged again today for their EPL clash with Swansea City as manager Arsene Wenger named the same starting lineup for the fifth game in a row.

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This means that midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who was doubtful for the contest, is fit to play as the Gunners keep their eyes on second place and Manchester City.

The Swans, in the meantime, were forced to make one adjustment to the lineup that won 2-0 against Stoke, as Nelson Oliveira, who is on loan from Benfica is out injured. Midfielder Ki Sung-yueng has been recalled to play in midfield with fellow midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson looks well set to lead the attack.

Striker Bafetimbi Gomis is also on the bench after he recovered from a hamstring injury that forced him to sit out the last three games.

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Arsenal take on Swansea City in an English Premier League fixture at Emirates Stadium on Monday night.

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The Gunners are sitting third in the table standings at the moment, but have played two games less than second place Manchester City and manager Arsene Wenger will be targeting that place, with Chelsea already crowned champions.

Swansea will face an Arsenal side that has proven very difficult to beat at home in recent times.

In fact, Wenger’s side has just one defeat in their last 34 English Premier League games at Emirates Stadium, according to Opta stats.

Heading into Monday night’s battle, Arsenal have won 24 of those last 34 home matches in the EPL, while drawing nine and dropping just the one.

Swansea City are still eyeing a place in Europe next season, with the Europa League very high on their wish list.

At the moment, the Swans are still trailing Liverpool, Tottenham and Southampton, but a win for them on the road would lessen the gap and put more pressure on those above them just in case they slip-up.

In team news going into this battle, Arsenal are set to be without injured forward Danny Welbeck, who is still to recover from a knee problem, while midfielder Mikel Arteta (ankle), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (groin) and Abou Diaby (knee) and defender Mathieu Debuchy (hamstring) are all out of the contest due to injuries.

“Welbeck will play again this season. He had all the scans and medical checks, and there was nothing major, just an inflammation,” Wenger said on Arsenal.com.

“For the weekend he will be certainly short but for the game after he should be alright.”

Key midfielder Aaron Ramsey is also doubtful after he picked up a leg injury in the win over Hull City the last time out.

Wenger rates his chance of playing at “50/50.”

“From the Hull match we had Ramsey who took a big kick, he is getting slowly better. We have an uncertainty about him, he got a big knock on his fibula and we’ll see about that,” the manager said on Arsenal.com.

“Yes [ he is 50/50]. No [he hasn’t trained this week], not at all. He has not been out yet. [But yes] Ramsey will play again this season.

Forward Bafetimbi Gomis could be back in action to lead the front line for Swansea City, after he missed the last three games with a hamstring injury.

Teams:

Arsenal (squad): Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud, Szczesny, Gabriel, Gibbs, Wilshere, Ramsey, Walcott, Rosicky, Flamini.

Swansea City (squad): Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Cork, Ki, Shelvey, Montero, Sigurdsson, Gomis, Tremmel, Richards, Tiendalli, Bartley, Fulton, Britton, Dyer, Emnes, Barrow, Grimes, King.

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LIVE RADIO STREAM: Liverpool v Arsenal on talkSport

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LIVERPOOL (Sporting Alert) — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger makes one change to the side that beat Newcastle United for today’s English Premier League clash with Liverpool.

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Defender Calum Chambers returns to the starting team from his suspension and he replaces Hector Bellerin in the team that started in the 4-1 win over Newcastle at Emirates Stadium.

The lineup also sees right-back Mathieu Debuchy returning to his favourite position after moving to the inside to cover last week.

Star man Alexis Sanchez, who was wanted by Liverpool before deciding to join the Gunners in the summer also starts, alongside Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Santi Cazorla and Olivier Giroud.

England forward Danny Welbeck has also recovered from illness to start at Anfield.

Winger Theo Walcott is named to the substitutes’  bench.

Liverpool, in the meantime, has decided to stick with Brad Jones in goal, despite conceding three against Manchester United the last time out.

Regular No. 1 Simon Mignolet continues to stay on the bench after he was dropped for the last game.

Manager Brendan Rodgers also made one change to his side, as Mamadou Sakho comes into the backline for Dejan Lovren.

Rodgers’ selection also includes summer recruits Adam Lallana and Lazar Markovic, as well as Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling, but there was no place for an out-and-out striker.

There is no place again for forwards Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini, while Mario Balotelli is out suspended.

Liverpool v Arsenal

Liverpool: Jones, Toure, Skrtel, Sakho, Lucas, Henderson, Markovic, Coutinho, Gerrard, Lallana, Sterling. Subs: Mignolet, Enrique, Lambert, Moreno, Manquillo, Can, Borini.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Chambers, Gibbs, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Alexis, Giroud, Welbeck. Subs: Martinez, Monreal, Coquelin, Maitland-Niles, Campbell, Walcott, Podolski

TEAMS: Swansea v Arsenal, Flamini Starts

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SWANSEA, Wales (Sporting Alert) — Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger makes just one adjustment to his team for today’s English Premier League clash with Swansea City at The Liberty Stadium.

The only change to the Gunners side that drew 3-3 with Anderlecht is Mathieu Flamini coming into the midfield for Mikel Arteta, who misses the game with a hamstring injury.

Midfielder Aaron Ramsey also starts for Arsenal, but Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere are both on the bench and could see some time as the game progresses.

Defender Per Mertesacker will make his 100th Premier League appearance and he leads an Arsenal back four that also includes Calum Chambers, Nacho Monreal and Kieran Gibbs.

An in-form Alexis Sanchez, Santi Cazorla and Danny Welbeck make up the attacking force, while Tomas Rosicky, Lukas Podolski and Yaya Sanogo are all on the bench.

Swansea City, in the meantime, made three changes from the team that started in the goalless draw at Everton last weekend.

Manager Garry Monk has handed starts to winger Marvin Emnes and centre-back Kyle Bartley, who are in for Wayne Routledge and the injured Federico Fernandez, while Tom Carroll has replaced Jonjo Shelvey in the midfield.

Shelvey is suspended for this game.

Swansea City are on 10 points and sit eighth in the EPL standings, with Arsenal fifth on 15 points.

“We have a way of working and the squad understands what we want to do,” Monk told Sky Sports about the team he picked to play without the key missing pieces.

“We have players who can hurt Arsenal,” he added.

Swansea v Arsenal

Swansea City team: Fabianski, Rangel, Bartley, Williams, Taylor, Ki, Carroll, Sigurdsson, Emnes, Montero, Bony. Subs: Tremmel, Tiendalli, Amat, Britton, Fulton, Barrow, Gomis.

Arsenal team: Szczesny, Chambers, Mertesacker, Monreal, Gibbs, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Alexis, Cazorla, Welbeck. Subs: Martinez, Bellerin, Rosicky, Wilshere, Podolski, Walcott, Sanogo

Manchester City at Arsenal Preview and Game Broadcast

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Manchester City and Arsenal setup an early appetizing clash in the English Premier League on Saturday with both sides hoping to leave Emirates Stadium with something.

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The game could see Arsenal handing deadline day arrival Danny Welbeck his debut for the club after he moved to London from Manchester United on a £16 million fee.

The Gunners entertain the defending champions with an unbeaten record thus far this season, but have won just once from their opening three games in the EPL this term – a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace in opening week.

Arsene Wenger’s side also comes into this contest undefeated in their last 19 Premier League games at home.

Key goalscoring midfielder Aaron Ramsey is doubtful for the game after the Arsenal man picked up an ankle problem in Wales’ 2-1 Euro 2016 qualification away victory at Andorra on Tuesday night.

The players thinks he’ll be good to go though.

“I’ll be alright,” said Ramsey. “The pitch was very hard. There’s no give in it so I rolled my ankle a bit.”

“Hopefully it will be nothing and I’ll be available for Saturday. These are the games you want to play in and I’m looking forward to it.”

Arsenal are already without Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott who remain on the injury list, although the latter is close to returning.

For Manchester City, they will be looking to bounce back from the shocking 1-0 defeat to Stoke City at home in their last outing.

Striker Stevan Jovetic and full-back Pablo Zabaleta are both doubtful for the Emirates Stadium battle, but midfielder Fernando could return to the team despite limping off the pitch in the first half of against Stoke.

The Citizens who have won their last three away matches in the Premier League, are being backed to bounce back against Arsenal, with Argentina forward Sergio Aguero amongst the favourites to score during the game.

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Arsenal v Boreham Wood Live Scores and Updates

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(SportingAlert) — The following are the starting lineups for the Arsenal v Boreham Wood pre-season friendly game at Meadow Park.

Arsenal v Boreham Wood Live Scores and Updates

Amongst the starters for the English Premier League side Arsenal are goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, and midfielder Aaron Ramsey, as Arsene Wenger field a starting XI that includes a mixture of first team and youngsters.

French striker Yaya Sanogo will lead attack today with the likes of Jon Toral and Chris Willock also starting here today.

Mathieu Flamini, Abou Diaby and Tomáš Rosický are all on the substitutes’ bench.

Arsenal are playing their first game of their pre-season game of this campaign

Boreham Wood Team: Russell, Nunn, Morgan, Garrard, Hill, Reynolds, Whichelow, Thomas, Angol, Shakes, Montgomery. Subs: Noto, Donnelly, Hope, Mawer, Courtnage, Cox, Day, Sterling-Parker.

Arsenal Team: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Ajayi, Hayden, Monreal, Ramsey, Coquelin, Zelalem, Willock, Toral, Sanogo. Subs: Martinez, Bellerin, Gibbs, Miquel, Rosicky, Pleguezuelo, Afobe, Akpom, Olsson, Flamini, Diaby.

FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Hull City Live Score Updates

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Lukasz Fabianski has been selected to start in goal for Arsenal in today’s FA Cup final against Hull City at Wembley.

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Fabianski, who has started every game of this year’s FA Cup for Arsenal, had been backed by manager Arsene Wenger to keep his place in the starting XI ahead of regular number one Wojciech Szczesny.

Starting the game as well are Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud, Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey, so does full-back Bacary Sagna, who is almost certainly to be playing his last match for the Gunners with Manchester City reportedly set to sign him before the World Cup.

Yaya Sanogo stats the game on the bench, with Jack Wilshere and Mathieu Flamini, but there is no Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Tom Huddlestone and Matty Fryatt are amongst the starters tonight for Hull City.

James Chester also makes a surprise comeback and starts at the back alongside the likes of Curtis Davis, Ahmed Elmohamady and Liam Rosenior.

Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Ramsey, Cazorla, Ozil, Podolski, Giroud.
Subs: Szczesny, Vermaelen, Monreal, Rosicky, Wilshere, Flamini, Sanogo.

Hull City: McGregor; Davies, Bruce, Chester, Rosenior, Elmohamady, Livermore, Huddlestone, Meyler, Quinn, Fryatt.

Southampton v Arsenal Live Streaming on NBC Sports, TalkSports

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SOUTHAMPTON (Sporting Alert) — Arsenal will check on the fitness of midfielder Jack Wilshere before the English Premier League clash with Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium on Tuesday.

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Wilshere is doubtful for the game with an ankle problem he picked up during the FA Cup win over Coventry last Friday.

“We have a doubt about Jack Wilshere, who had an ankle problem during the game against Coventry,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on www.arsenal.com.

Midfielder Mikel Arteta (calf) and defender Thomas Vermaelen (knee) have returned to normal training, while Aaron Ramsey (thigh) is also back in training.

All three should make the squad, but are not expected to be in the starting line-up.

“We have players back normally in the squad – Vermaelen and Arteta. They should be back and available but we might from our last game lose Jack for tomorrow’s game.

First choice goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny will return after he was rested for the FA Cup win against Coventry, while striker Olivier Giroud is set to be back in the starting team after being a substitute in the last game.

For Southampton, midfielder Victor Wanyama is set to return from a lengthy lay-off due to a leg injury, while forward Rickie Lambert is doubtful with a hamstring problem and fellow attacker Dani Osvaldo is out due to a club suspension.

Arsenal will be hoping to strike three points as they look to hold off the serious challenges from Manchester City and Chelsea, who are just one and two points, respectively behind the Gunners.

Teams

Southampton (from): Boruc, K Davis, Gazzaniga, Clyne, Chambers, Shaw, Fox, Hooiveld, Fonte, Yoshida, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Cork, Lallana, Isgrove, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, S Davis, Reed, Rodriguez, Gallagher, Lambert.

Arsenal (from): Szczesny, Fabianski, Mertesacker, Sagna, Monreal, Gibbs, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gnabry, Wilshere, Arteta, Ramsey, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud, Bendtner.

Premier League HT scores: Everton 1-0 Southampton; Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Everton leads Southampton 1-0, while Newcastle United and Arsenal are 0-0 at half-time in their Barclays Premier League clashes on Sunday.

HALF-TIME – Everton 1-0 Southampton
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HALF-TIME – Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal
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Seamus Coleman has so far scored the only goal for Everton, who are currently in fourth position as it stands in the English Premier League table standings.

In the day’s other game, Arsenal and Newcastle are locked goalless after the opening 45-minutes of action.

Arsene Wenger will be hoping his team can grab all three points at St James’ Park as Arsenal look to return to the top of the EPL table.

The Gunners are without star midfielders Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil, who are both out injured.

Arsenal at Newcastle: EPL Live on NBCSports, Team News, Preview

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Jack Wilshere set to return for Arsenal

NEWCASTLE (Sporting Alert) — Jack Wilshere returns from suspension, but Arsenal will be without Aaron Ramsey for their Premier League trip to Newcastle United on Sunday.

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Wilshere missed the last two outing for Arsenal after he was banned following the defeat at Manchester City, but could come straight into the team as a replacement for the injured Ramsey, who will miss the contest because of a thigh strain.

The Wales midfielder suffered the injury during the Boxing Day come from behind 3-1 victory against West Ham.

French centre-half Laurent Koscielny could earn a recall after he recovered from a knee injury, while Tomas Rosicky is again available after being rested for the West Ham victory.

German forward Lukas Podolski is also pushing for a starting place after impressing as a goalscorer off the bench in the last outing.

Arsenal will be hoping to secure three points as they seek to return the top of the Premier League standings. Manchester City frog leaped them on Saturday and leads the league by three points.

For Newcastle United, meanwhile, the same core that hammered Stoke City 5-1 on Boxing Day is available again, while midfielder Cheick Tiote returns to the squad from suspension.

A victory for Newcastle United at St James’ Park could see them climbing into the top four.

Teams:

Newcastle (from): Krul, Elliot, Debuchy, Coloccini, Williamson, Yanga-Mbiwa, S. Taylor, Santon, Dummett, Haidara, Tiote, Anita, Cabaye, Marveaux, Sissoko, Ben Arfa, Gutierrez, Sammy Ameobi, Bigirimana, Obertan, Cisse, Remy, Gouffran, Shola Ameobi.

Arsenal (from): Szczesny, Fabianski, Viviano, Sagna, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Monreal, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Flamini, Arteta, Ozil, Rosicky, Walcott, Cazorla, Gnabry, Podolski, Bendtner, Giroud.