[BPL] Bolton vs Arsenal
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Bolton vs Arsenal FC
Venue: Reebok Stadium
Time: 12.30am
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Bolton v Arsenal preview
Arsenal head to the North West to take on Gary Megson's Bolton Wanderers for their third successive away encounter in the space of seven days.
The Gunners secured success over Blackburn Rovers last weekend while on Wednesday a late goal from William Gallas salvaged a draw against Dynamo Kiev.
Bolton, meanwhile, have had a week to prepare following their defeat at Fulham and face Arsenal looking for their first win in four league attempts.
Last season's corresponding fixture was fraught with drama, and supporters heading to the Reebok Stadium on Saturday teatime will be hoping for similar entertainment.
A 10-man Gunners side triumphed 3-2 on that day back in March to end a run of three consecutive defeats, however their form this time around differs greatly.
Bolton goals
Arsene Wenger's men are aiming for a third Premier League victory on the spin, and have lost just once in their previous 11 games in all competitions.
Megson's men have struggled for firepower this season, having hit the back of the net just four times in four top-flight matches, and face the Gunners who boast an unrivalled three clean sheets.
Bolton are hopeful that record signing Johan Elmander will make a return to action after his spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.
Matt Taylor is nearing a recovery from his broken toe but remains absent, while centre-back Gary Cahill is also missing as he completes his two-match suspension.
French trio
Loanee Ebi Smolarek, brought in a day before the transfer deadline, only linked up with the squad on Thursday and will be given time to settle.
Arsenal are without three of their Frenchmen as Samir Nasri, Abou Diaby and Mikael Silvestre all sit out.
Summer signings Nasri (knee) and Silvestre (muscular problem) are likely to recover for next week's clash against Hull while Diaby (thigh) is not expected to return for another fortnight.
Possible starting XIs
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, A O'Brien, Shittu, Samuel, J O'Brien, Gardner, Nolan, McCann, Muamba, Davies.
Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue, Song, Fabregas, Walcott, Bendtner, Adebayor.
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12.30am i guess
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12.35
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3-1 arsenal win
good game.
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Arsenal go top after this game. Hmmm..anyone reckon that they will win the title this season? XD
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very good football played by arsenal.
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gd game... shame on bolton n kevin davis for the bad tackles....
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Originally posted by KaurexO_o:
Arsenal go top after this game. Hmmm..anyone reckon that they will win the title this season? XD
No
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Originally posted by BrUtUs:
gd game... shame on bolton n kevin davis for the bad tackles....
he really yaya n trying the same thing again to our sagna!good thing dat gunners shown no fear n beating them once again.
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Song got new hair do sia, or am i just slow haha!
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really very impressive with the way arsenal played this game. so much more better than liverpool. cool.
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its nice to see eboue finally can shoot straight
and nice to see eboue wanting to score badly. and keep trying
tink that 1st goal realli gives him confidence
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After the first goal eboue apparently got over-confident ... There was one moment he took a shot with 2 or 3 bolton players in front of him instead of passing to adebayor or bendtner who was in better position to score ... Nevertheless one of his better displays
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Originally posted by Trump_Card:
After the first goal eboue apparently got over-confident ... There was one moment he took a shot with 2 or 3 bolton players in front of him instead of passing to adebayor or bendtner who was in better position to score ... Nevertheless one of his better displays
even tho he got the goal he still cmi...