Arsenal host Fulham today, looking to bounce back from their midweek draw with Sporting Lisbon.
There are only a few games left in the Premier League before the break for international football. Mikel Arteta will be desperate to finish the season on top of the league. And a win at Fulham will go a long way toward making that a reality.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is expected to make some changes from the match in Lisbon. Illness had previously struck the Arsenal camp, but Arteta is set to welcome back the likes of Martin Odegaard and Kieran Tierney.
According to The Evening Standard, Emile Smith Rowe, a midfielder, could also make the starting lineup.
Smith Rowe came off the bench in midweek as he attempts to regain fitness. However, after Reiss Nelson failed to build on his dramatic winner last weekend, The ES claims Smith Rowe could make his season debut against Fulham.
It comes just days after former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas revealed he was a big fan of Smith Rowe and other young Gunners.
“I feel a bit identified with this group of players – with the Odegaards, the Sakas, Martinellis, Smith Rowes. “I see myself in their eyes,” Fabregas said.
This season, the England player has been plagued by injuries. He was doing so well last season that it’s a little disappointing how things have turned out this year.
But today might be his lucky day. Smith Rowe will be hoping to seize it with both hands.
Arsenal has been hampered by a small number of injuries, but Smith Rowe is waiting in the wings. And if he can repeat his performance from last season, Arsenal will have a new player.
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