Arsenal v Birmingham City

Arsenal are home to face-off with Birmingham City as the Premier League resumes. The two sides are going in opposite directions as Arsenal scored a big win in their most recent league match while Birmingham lost.

The Gunners scored a huge win in their last game when they trounced Blackburn Rovers by a score of 6-2 at the Emirates. It was the club’s 4th straight victory and they now lead the league in goals scored with 24. With the win the side managed by Arsene Wenger are now in 5th place of the Premiership log with 15 points and they sit 1 point behind the 4th place Manchester City while sitting just ahead of 6th place Liverpool. Arsenal are set to miss Da Silva, Denilson, Djourou and Nasri to injury.

The visiting Birmingham City were losers away from home by a score of 2-1 to Burnley at Turf Moor. This will be the second straight road match for the side managed by Alex McLeish are now in 14th place of the Premier League table with 7 points. They sit just ahead of 15th place Fulham and 1 point behind the 13th place Bolton Wanderers. The Blues have 2 confirmed injury absences in McFadden and Taylor.

Live Premier League
Arsenal v Birmingham City
Emirates Stadium, kick off 1500 hours