4th oct 2009: Arsenal - Blockburn

ARSENAL
Robin van Persie produced a well-executed second-half winner as Arsenal beat Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage - where young Gunners goalkeeper Vito Mannone had an inspired match. Arsenal, though, had rookie stopper Mannone to thank for securing the points with a string of fine saves as Fulham were left frustrated.
Wenger: “Overall it was a highly committed game and we needed to be special to come away with three points. “

Team news:
E Da Silva - Thigh Muscle Strain (3 Weeks)
Denilson - Back Injury (2 Months)
M Almunia - Virus (2 Days)
J Djourou - Knee Injury (5 Months)
L Fabianski - Cartilage Knee Injury (2 Weeks)
S Nasri - Broken Leg (2 Weeks)

Overall form: WLDWWWLLWW
Home form: DDDWWWLWWW

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Allardyce: “We've got no resilience away from home. We let ourselves down on set pieces […] We're not getting the results we need to avoid struggling this season.“
Performances away from home are very poor and last game didn't show any improvement.
Ryan Nelsen and Chris Samba are not sure to play the game because of injuries, this will mean a big problem with the defence

Team news:
G Givet - Knee Injury (2 Days)

Overall form: LWLDLLDWLW
Away form: LWWLLLLLLL

HEAD TO HEAD
14/03/2009 Arsenal 4-0 Blackburn

VERDICT
Arsenal to win and can't see any upset, the problem is the odd very low (around 1,2). It mightbe worth taking Arsenal to win with handicap of -1,5 goal: in the last 3 games Arsenal scored 4 goals each and Blackburn could have key defender player missing