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West Brom. pack their bags to visit Arsenal at Highbury on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Baggies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 33 and win only 11 of the 57 games.
The previous match played between the two at Highbury was within the last three years, in August 2002, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 5 - 2 thriller, in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 16 Dec | West Brom. | 0 - 2 | Arsenal | LC |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | West Brom. | 1 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 27 Aug | Arsenal | 5 - 2 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 26 Apr | Arsenal | 2 - 2 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 23 Nov | West Brom. | 0 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 11 May | West Brom. | 2 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 15 Dec | Arsenal | 4 - 0 | West Brom. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Gunners, with 7 goals against.
The away form of West Brom. is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Baggies have hit 5 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Arsenal sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 30 points from their 13 games. West Brom. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 9 points from their 13 games thus far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 12 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Baggies are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Arsenal. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Unbeaten in the last 14 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| West Brom. | Not won in previous 9 away matches. No win in the 5 most recent games. |