Full Arsenal injury update ahead of Southampton match

Posted on September 12, 2012 by admin

Arsenal Injury Update Ahead Of The Southampton Game by AH

The international break ends tonight, with many Arsenal players involved with their respective countries. This is good news, as long as all of our players come back injury free and match fit for the game against Southampton, this coming Saturday at The Emirates. So while many of our players are on international duty, here’s the update on the players who are just returning from injury and the information on those who have sustained injures during the international break.

Jack Wilshere, Emmanuel Frimpong, Tomas Rosicky and Bacary Sagna are all back in light training and fitness work as they gain back their match fitness, whilst Wilshere and Frimpong, have started to train with the ball.

Jack Wilshere is expected to join in with full training at some point next week along with Frimpong, with both eager to make their long awaited comebacks to the Premier League. Whilst Sagna and Rosicky are slightly behind in the return with the pair expected to return to full training the following week.

Wojciech Szczesny has recovered from his rib injury and joined in with training yesterday; he should be available for Saturday’s game. Meanwhile, Theo Walcott has withdrawn from the England squad with illness. He left the England camp soon after the team’s 5-0 victory over Moldova and returned to London with a Virus. Suggestions are that he is expected to be fit and ready to play on Saturday if called upon, with news expected in the new few days.

Fabianski is also close to making his return to full fitness, whilst Giroud and Vermaelen have overcome their injury scares to be available for the 2nd international game of this 2014 World Cup Qualifying Stage.

Diaby’s injury is a muscular problem and he has been released by the French Football federation in order to continue his recovery. It’s not yet known for sure whether he will be available for the Southampton game, but Arsene Wenger doesn’t seem overly worried……

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Arsenal v Sunderland: match preview

Ready: German international Lukas Podolski is set for his Premier League debut with Arsenal Photo: AFP

Arsenal v Sunderland
Emirates Stadium
Kick-off: 15.00 BST.
TV: Highlights BBC 1 Match Of The Day

Arsenal (Possible, 4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Jenkinson, Vermaelen, Mertesacker, Gibbs; Diaby, Arteta; Walcott, Cazorla, Podolski; Giroud.
Out: Frimpong (hamstring), Rosicky (calf), Sagna (broken leg), Wilshere (ankle), Koscielny (calf), Oxlade-Chamberlain (ankle).
Tests: Walcott (thigh),

Sunderland (Possible, 4-4-1-1): Westwood; C Gardner, O’Shea, Kilgallon, Richardson; Larsson, Cattermole, Colback, Elmohamady; McClean; Campbell.
Out: Bardsley (ankle), Vaughan (hernia), Brown (knee).
Test: Sessegnon (ankle).

Referee: Chris Foy. Matches (last season): 22, Red 4, Yellow 62.

Team News
Arsenal will assess England forward Theo Walcott ahead of the Premier League opener against Sunderland.

Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and defender Laurent Koscielny will both miss out having withdrawn from the midweek internationals.

Summer signing Santi Cazorla will be monitored after his trip to Puerto Rico with Spain, while Lukas Podolski is expected to lead the attack following the sale of Robin van Persie to Manchester United.

Midfielder Jack Wilshere continues his rehabilitation from an ankle injury as does defender Bacary Sagna.

Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill could hand a start to new striker Louis Saha, who arrived at the club on Thursday following his release by Tottenham. But striker Stephane Sessegnon an injury doubt.

Match Notes
There will be the very clear sense of a new era at Arsenal, not just because Robin van Persie has departed but also due to the other summer additions.

It could easily be argued that Lukas Podolski, Santi Cazorla and Olivier Giroud represent the longer term replacements of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri as well as Van Persie.

Arsenal’s home record against Sunderland is good, particularly in the Premier League era where they have never been beaten in 11 matches.

Betting: Home 1-3, Away 8-1, Draw 4-1.

Stat of the game: It is 12 years since Arsenal lost on the opening day, and that was, curiously, at Sunderland.

Jeremy Wilson's prediction: Arsenal 3 Sunderland 1.

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SEVEN players on Arsenal’s latest injury list ahead of Sunderland match

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

Arsenal’s Injury List Grows by AH

The inevitable has happened once again and Arsenal has been weakened by the lack of fitness of our players as they prepare for the new season. But with the meaningless international friendlies lined up for this week we can hopefully take into account that Arsene Wenger may have exaggerated a couple of them to get them out of international duty ahead of the opening game against Sunderland.

Here is the full list with expected return times:

Mikel Arteta has a small knock, the length of the injury is not yet known but a date is expected soon.

French Defender Laurent Koscielny has a calf injury, but the seriousness of the injury is yet to be announced. He has been withdrawn from the France squad.

Teenage superstar Alex Oxlade Chamberlain has sustained an ankle/foot injury but the length he will be out for, has not yet been announced. The Englishman had to pull out of the England National Team due to the injury.

Tomas Rosicky has a calf muscle strain, his return date has been revealed and he is expected back in 2 months.

Jack Wilshere still has a recurring foot injury, which ruled him out of the entire 2011/2012 season. The Englishman is finally expected back in 3 months.

Emmanuel Frimpong has a knee injury, which he sustained during his loan at Wolves last season and he is expected back in 2 months.

Bacary Sagna is still out with a broken leg, he expected back in 3 weeks. This is a much earlier return than first expected.

At least the injury list is not as long as it usually is, and luckily our best players are set to only be out for the first few weeks of the new season.

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