In a weekend match in week 4, on Sat Aug 27th, Arsenal and Fulham will play a match in London in a clash of these two mismatched Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. Arsenal is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against AFC Bournemouth. Martin Ødegaard struck first for Arsenal in the 5th minute, then Martin Ødegaard added another in the 11th minute In the end, AFC Bournemouth couldn’t muster any offence and Arsenal ran away with the shutout win. Arsenal is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Fulham recorded a 3-2 win against Brentford. Bobby Reid struck first for Fulham in the 1st minute, then João Palhinha added another in the 20th minute on a feed from Andreas Pereira. Fulham is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Fulham is fortunate enough to have Aleksandar Mitrović in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored six goals. For Arsenal, their top scorers are Martinelli and Martin Ødegaard, each having 3 goals in their last five matches
Emile Smith Rowe, Reiss Nelson and Fabio Vieira are unavailable to play for Arsenal, while Manor Solomon is unavailable to play for Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva’s team.