Football, Premier League, Day 7: FC Fulham vs FC Arsenal

Fulham will host Arsenal on Saturday afternoon in what should be an exciting London derby in the seventh round of the Barclays Premier League.

Fulham is trying to recover from an average season start, winning two games and loosing three from their five league outing so far and currently sitting in 15th place. The Whites will heavily rely on winger Damien Duff to support the frontmen Bobby Zamora and Andrew Johnson. Danny Murphy and American star Clint Dempsey are likely to dictate play from the middle while Arsenal summer target Brede Hangeland will orchestrate the team from defense. Roy Hodgson's men have won two of the last three meetings at Craven Cottage, but those two wins remain Fulhams only victories over Arsenal in 16 Premier League meetings.

Arsenal will be looking to end a sequence of successive away league defeats with a victory on Saturday. The Gunners have started the season in spectacular fashion in front of goal with sensational 17 goals in just five matches, only in 2004-05 had they started the season scoring at a faster rate (19). However despite the impressive scoring rate, the Gunners´s defense has been error-prone so far. In fact, never before in the Premier League era have the Gunners conceded as many as 8 goals in their opening five matches. Defensive lapses have so far cost the Gunner´s a better ranking with defeats against Manchester United and Manchester City earlier this season.

FC Fulham vs FC Arsenal

Fixture: Saturday, September 26th, 17:30 GMT
Stadium: Craven Cottage, London

Tip: Arsenal will take home three points from Craven Cottage, narrowly defeating Fulham.

My tip: 2

The best odd for Tip 2 is at Betsson: 1.61

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