Arsenal vs West Brom – Monday 25th September 2017 – 20:00 - Sky Sports Football

Arsenal are 1/3 with Alexandre Lacazette and Olivier Giroud at 11/4 to score first.

Arsenal face West Brom at the Emirates Stadium on Monday evening, in the final fixture of game week six.

The Gunners come into this match on the back of a 1-0 win at home against Doncaster in the Carabao Cup.

Theo Walcott scored the only goal of the game in the middle of the first half (25), ultimately it proved to be the winner.

Arsene Wenger's side dominated all of the statistics, with more possession (57%), more shots (27) and more shots on target (8).

It proved to be a nervy ending for the Gunners, with Doncaster growing as the game went on.

Success Needed

Arsenal have had a tough start to the season, but they have found an unbeaten stretch of form.

They managed to secure a point at Stamford Bridge at the weekend, along with this narrow win against Doncaster.

Arsene Wenger will be looking to avenge last seasons defeat to the Baggies, with a 3-1 defeat at the Hawthorns.

Arsenal find themselves in 12th place, already six points behind both Manchester clubs.

Gunners Favourites

Wenger's side come into this match as favourites, despite their mixed start to the season.

This will be a tough match, with West Brom historically a tough side for the Gunners to beat.

Arsenal will be looking for their 67th win in 128 matches against the Baggies.

Poor Start

The Baggies come into this match in poor form, they are on a winless streak of four matches.

They lost their last match against Manchester City 2-1, albeit in the Carabao Cup.

Leroy Sane continued his fine form this season with a goal in either half, with his first goal coming in the 3rd minute.

It took West Brom a further 69 minutes to equalise through Claudio Yacob (72), with a close-range strike to equalise.

Leroy Sane returned five minutes later to score his and City's second goal (77), the winning strike to give City a 2-1 win.

 

Wins Needed

West Brom enjoyed an impressive start to the season, but have stuttered of late with no wins in their last four games.

Defeats against Manchester City and Brighton, as well as draws against West Ham and Stoke, mean the club have two points from four fixtures.

They find themselves still well placed in 10th position, with eight points from their opening five games.

Another win against the Gunners will put them back on track, 11 points from 6 games would represent an excellent start.

Baggies Underdogs

Pulis' side come into this match as the underdogs, with the Gunners home advantage informing the odds.

West Brom will be looking to put in an excellent performance in this match, they desperately need three points.

They will be looking to record back to back wins against Arsenal.

West Brom are 8/1 with Jay Rodriguez & Salomon Rondon at 9/1 to open the scoring.

 

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Betting Tips

Tip 1 – Lacazette to score first @ 11/4

Tip 2 – Arsenal to win 3-1 @ 10/1

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