Fulham vs Arsenal The London Clash Match Preview

This Sunday sees Fulham play hosts to Arsenal, as the Gunners travel to Craven Cottage in an attempt to maintain their impressive run of eight consecutive wins in all competitions. Fulham come into the game with ambitions for at least a draw, as five points from seven games has landed the Hammersmith club just three points clear of the relegation zone.

Fulham’s defence will need a re-shuffle heading into the fixture, as regular full backs Joe Byan and Timothy Fonsu-Mensah are both ruled out due to injury. Fonsu-Mensah suffered a dislocated shoulder, and adds complications to the Cottager’s backline, as Bryan’s hamstring problem keeps him side-lined.

A dislocated shoulder is keeping Fonsu-Mensah away from action

Slaviša Jokanović discussed Fulham’s shaky start to the season with Football London "It’s part of the process. We cannot be satisfied with this spell during this first seven games, it’s huge room ahead of us to improve and we must try and work hard to fix all our problems. "One of these is conceding so many goals and we are working in this direction to try find solution.”

Slaviša Jokanović looks to rally his squad for a tough test on sunday.

The Arsenal side will also include considerable changes to that of their 3-0 Europa League win over Qarabag FK on Thursday, as Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Aaron Ramsay both look to return for the London clash. Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is available, however there is speculation over his appearance as he continues to battle an illness which stopped him from travelling to Azerbaijan mid-week.

Aubameyang is a threat in most games he's featured in, an appearance on sunday would influence the match.

Unai Emery spoke to the Evening Standard about the tough schedule of playing in Europe “We are going to balance each match physically with the players but these players are prepared to play Thursday and Sunday and then we have players to make changes for some matches.”

Bet 365 has 13/20 odds of an Arsenal win, with a Fulham victory coming in at 17/4.

I think that the North London side will continue their run of form and pick up the win at Craven Cottage, with my prediction being 3-1 to Arsenal.