From London24 """ Arsenal trio Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kieran Gibbs and Theo Walcott could return to the side for the visit of QPR on Saturday. The young forward has a hip injury, while Walcott is yet to shake off his rib injury picked up while playing for England against San Marino. Gibbs missed the Three Lions fixtures with a thigh injury but all should return at the weekend. âThe good news is that Theo had his first run today and is looking quite well, so he should be back shortly,â Wenger said. """"
Why QPR can round off a week to forget for Arsenal Two successive defeats for the Gunners will give the R's hope that they can gain a share of the spoils at the Emirates this weekend. nullnullnull It’s been a disappointing few days for Arsene Wenger and his Arsenal side, as they followed up last weekend’s 1-0 reverse away at Norwich City with a 2-0 defeat at home to German side Schalke in the Champions League on Wednesday evening. The result against the lowly Canaries saw the Gunners drop to ninth in the Premier League table, ten points behind league leaders Chelsea having picked up three wins, three draws and two defeats from their opening eight league matches. Arsenal will be eager to get back to winning ways as they welcome bottom club QPR to the Emirates on Saturday afternoon, with the visitors still in search of their first win of the season having mustered just three draws so far. Wenger’s men have been priced as odds-on favourites to collect maximum points at 7/20, as was the case last year when they saw off the R’s 1-0 on New Year’s Eve in a tight encounter, while the draw is at 15/4 and a QPR victory can be backed at 29/4. or existing users login here Rangers head into the game on the back of a decent performance at home to Everton on Sunday which ended in a 1-1 draw, but they’ll be disappointed they didn’t take full advantage of Steven Pienaar’s dismissal with half an hour of the game remaining. One of the main reasons for their poor start to the season has been their inability to keep the ball out of their own net, with their defence being breached 17 times in just eight outings – only Southampton have conceded more goals. They do, however, possess quality in attack and can score goals with the likes of Bobby Zamora, Djibril Cisse, Junior Hoilett and Adel Taarabt in their ranks, so backing both teams to score in this match at 4/5 is certainly worth considering. Zamora has a decent career record against the Gunners, notching four goals in 12 games, including one for Fulham last term, and he looks good value at 3/1 to strike at any time, as he has at the Etihad Stadium and White Hart Lane already this term. The Hoops’ record away from home does not make for good reading – their last victory on the road came at Stoke almost a year ago – and they’ve been unable to keep a clean sheet on their travels since a 3-0 success at Wolves in September 2011. While on their day the Gunners should see off Rangers comfortably at home, losing twice in five days has increased the pressure on them to collect all three points this weekend, which could work in QPR’s favour if they can keep the game tight early on. Hughes has been unlucky with injuries to his backline so far this term, but with Stephen Mbia turning in an impressive performance in his last outing and Jose Bosingwa and Armand Traore returning, they have the quality to frustrate Arsenal. Had they seen off Schalke in midweek, backing an Arsenal win would have been the obvious way to go, but 15/4 for the draw looks a great price, with the R’s more than capable of snatching a point if they play to their potential. Punters registering with bwin can claim a free £20 bet and placing this on Arsenal and QPR to draw would return a cool £95 if the spoils are indeed shared at the Emirates on Saturday. Top bet: Arsenal to draw with QPR @ 15/4
No clean sheet in 20 away now and we've W0 D3 L14 of our last 16 away. That's 3 pts from a possible 51. #SortItOut!
It's important that QPR don't let the travelling fans down. Arsenal are in bad shape at the moment and we need to take full advantage of this. We must aim for 3 points and hopefully we will get at least 1. If we go for the draw we will lose. I was there when Jensen scored (and Gallen Allan Impey) and want to see us win again (18 years later). Saying all this if we are c##p then it will be people like me (who have stuck by our manager) questioning MH. He has had the time/money/players and now needs to start delivering the goods and no more 'we are going in the right direction and will get results'. Anything other than a good display then i will be calling for his head. I'm spending a lot of dosh tomorrow and better not be let down.
Have been several times to Highbury and never came back with any points so let´s hope for a good result tomorrow - a draw would be a good result I my eyes. Have to laugh when looking at 1988 magazine front page, these shorts certainly look sexy...
Arsenal v Queens Park Rangers preview: Both team keen to climb table ahead of derby http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/261641/preview via @SkySports #qpr
Alan Simpson ‏@alansimps1984 @LoftforWords Arsenal have a lower win % against Queens Park Rangers than versus any other opponent in Premier League history. Hoopla!
Santos was shocking at left back on Wed night, so it would be a good idea to put Hoilett up against him rather than the predictable Park!
Despite this, after two defeats on the trot, Arsenal right now are likely a bit battered psychlogically, so this could be our big opportunity to spring a surprise result on them. However, we must not cough up our usual soft early goal though, putting us on our typical back foot. Hopefully, as in the case of the Everton game, we can grab up an early goal ourselves, then build on that momentum with another, rather than sitting back and attempting to protect the lead.
Do you know, that's exactly how The Sun had us lining up in their report on the Everton game...........they also had someone called "Trani" at left back!!!! Joke!!
The same line up on Goal.com. Diakite as CB. Wouldn't want to see that. And more from Goal.com "The last time Arsenal lost three times in a row was last season, as they suffered defeats against Fulham, Swansea and Manchester United." Promising.
IanJTaylor ‏@IJTaylor81 Mark Hughes has revealed Ji-Sung Park is a doubt for tomorrow's fixture at Arsenal #QPR
Not too fussed about their injured players coming back. Impossible to hit the ground running (or does that only apply to us?) and they'll be slotting into a vulnerable team. We should take advantage, even for a draw but a part of me also thinks they'll get the season back on track against us. We're there for the taking just as much as they are.
Lets see if Zamora can slap their centre halves about like he did at LR last year, if he can be arsed that is! Is Koscellney playing?
