Arsenal vs West Brom: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from Premier League clash

  • Mesut Ozil is in contention for a return to action after recovering from injury 
  • Theo Walcott should also be fit after being forced off against Doncaster 
  • West Brom have lost their previous six matches against Arsenal away  

Ahead of this weekend's action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Arsenal's home clash with West Brom on Sunday.

 

Arsenal vs West Brom (Emirates, 20:00 Monday)

Team news


Arsenal 

Mesut Ozil is in contention to return to the Arsenal team for Monday's Premier League clash with West Brom.

The Germany midfielder has been struggling with a knee injury but is now back in training, while Theo Walcott should be fit despite being forced off with a knock in the midweek Carabao Cup win over Doncaster.

Danny Welbeck (groin), Francis Coquelin (hamstring) and Santi Cazorla (ankle) are missing, as is Calum Chambers who has suffered a recurrence of a recent hip problem.

Mesut Ozil has recovered from his knee injury and is in contention to face West Brom

Mesut Ozil has recovered from his knee injury and is in contention to face West Brom

Provisional squad: Cech, Ospina, Mertesacker, Holding, Koscielny, Monreal, Mustafi, Bellerin, Nelson, Kolasinac, Ramsey, Wilshere, Xhaka, Elneny, Ozil, Giroud, Walcott, Sanchez, Iwobi, Lacazette.

West Brom 

West Brom midfielder Gareth Barry is expected to break the Premier League appearance record against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

The 36-year-old, who made his professional debut for Aston Villa in 1998, will play in his 633rd top-flight game and break Ryan Giggs' record if he features on Monday night.

Chris Brunt (calf) will be assessed along with Nacer Chadli (thigh) and Oliver Burke (hamstring) while it remains to be seen if Jake Livermore will return to the squad after being given a break by Baggies boss Tony Pulis.

Gareth Barry will break the Premier League appearance record if he plays on Sunday

Gareth Barry will break the Premier League appearance record if he plays on Sunday

Provisional squad: Foster, Myhill, Nyom, Evans, Dawson, McAuley, Yuning, Hegazi, Gibbs, Brunt, Yacob, Morrison, Field, McClean, Chadli, Barry, Rondon, Rodriguez, Burke, Robson-Kanu, Krychowiak, Livermore.

Key stats - supplied by Opta

- Arsenal have won each of their last six Premier League games at the Emirates Stadium versus West Bromwich Albion, conceding just one goal in these games.

- West Brom won the last league clash between these two clubs; 3-1 at the Hawthorns in March. They haven’t won successive league matches against the Gunners since March 1977.

- The Baggies have suffered nine defeats away to Arsenal in the Premier League, a joint-high for them in the competition alongside away defeats to Chelsea.

- West Bromwich Albion have won just five of their last 35 Premier League away matches (W5 D14 L16).

-  This will be the 10th time that Tony Pulis has managed a team at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League – he’s lost every one of the previous nine there with a combined score of 20-3.

Arsenal currently lie in mid-table and will be looking for three points under the lights 

Arsenal currently lie in mid-table and will be looking for three points under the lights 

- The Gunners have now won seven successive Premier League games at the Emirates Stadium; their second best winning run at the stadium in the competition after a nine-match winning streak between December 2014 and April 2015.

- Alexandre Lacazette has scored in both of his Premier League appearances at the Emirates Stadium so far – no Arsenal player has scored in their opening three apps at home in the competition.

- The last Arsenal player to score in their first three home league appearances for the club was Brian Marwood in September 1988.

- Gareth Barry could become the outright leader in terms of most Premier League appearances should he play in this match. He’s currently level with Ryan Giggs on 632 appearances in the competition.

- When Gareth Barry made his first appearance in the Premier League on May 2nd 1998, Arsene Wenger was only one year and 212 days in to his tenure as Arsenal manager.

ARSENAL VS WEST BROM 

Kick-off: 20:00pm, Sunday

Referee: Bobby Madley

Odds (subject to change):

Arsenal 1/3

Draw 4/1

West Brom 17/2

Managers:

Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)

Tony Pulis (West Brom)

Head-to-head PL record:

Arsenal wins: 15

Draws: 4

West Brom wins: 4

League form (latest result first):

Arsenal - DWLLW 

West Brom - DLDWW

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