Arsenal injury list: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to return for Norwich but game
The Gunners go into the game hoping to get their first Premier League win of November following a 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Nov. 8 and Saturday’s 2-1 defeat away to West Bromwich Albion, that saw them drop to fourth in the table, two points adrift of leaders Leicester City. – Reuters pic, November 28, 2015.Arene Wenger remains confident Arsenal can shake off their inconsistent form and mount a serious challenge for the Premier League title. I don’t even look at the league at the moment because it is very, very tight.
Mikel Arteta will also miss the game with a calf strain suffered in last week’s loss at West Brom, while the knee injury Francis Coquelin picked up in the same game will keep him out until the new year.
Arsenal travel 188 miles to play Norwich this weekend and much to the chagrin of environmentalists, they will be making the journey by plane.
Don’t worry Alex there will be no surprises on Sunday as Arsenal will be going for goals from the kick off. But will our attack prove as hard as the Norwich manager fears?
Attack: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is available again after recovering from a hamstring injury that’s kept him out for a month so he could start on the right wing.
Arsenal will want to put points on the board.
With Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck still out we have limited options up front so Olivier Giroud will continue to lead the line, despite looking like he could do with a well-earned rest in recent games.
He went on, “We will be regarded as one of the smaller teams in the league”.
Ruddy, 29, will make his 200th appearance for the club, but admits his displays have been below par this season.
Ozil now has 11 assists in the Premier League this season, five more than any other player, while no player in the history of the competition can equal that haul after a team’s opening 13 games.