Arsenal winger Mesut Özil. (Photo : Getty Images)
One of the 2015-2016 Premier League season's top teams, Arsenal FC (18-7-10, 64 points), will try to hold on to the last Champions League spot for next season as it squares off with bottom three squad Norwich City FC (8-19-7, 31 points) at the Emirates Stadium this April 30th, Saturday.
Although the team is on a six-game unbeaten run, Arsenal has drawn three of its last six matches which made them drop a spot below at fourth place in the current league table. The Gunners are still tied on points with new third-running team Manchester City, but they are at no. 4 spot because of their inferior goal differential stat compared to that of City.
In their last match, Arsenal settled for a 0-0 draw with lowly squad Sunderland AFC at the Stadium of Light last Sunday, as reported by SkySports.
Arsene Wenger's boys played a lackluster match against a bottom three team at that time as their offense could not find the target the whole match. It is just fortunate for the Gunners that their defense held on and goalkeeper Petr Cech was able to preserve his clean sheet until time expired.
The draw allowed City to overtake Arsenal for the third spot of the league table while the Black Cats climbed out of the relegation zone.
Meanwhile, Norwich City, who were newly-promoted this season, is in danger of getting demoted back to the Football League Championship next season as they plunged into the relegation area after two straight defeats and were held winless in four of their last six matches.
Their last Premier League game was a 0-3 demolition in the hands of Sunderland on April 16th at the Carrow Road, as per Chronicle Live.
Forwards Fabio Borini and Jermain Defoe and midfielder Duncan Watmore scored one goal apiece in the rout for the visitors at the 41st, 53rd, 90th+1 minutes respectively.
The Canaries were not able to answer the onslaught even as they threw everything at the Black Cats throughout the match.
The predicted result is a 2-0 win for Arsenal.
Arsenal starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Cech; Bellerín, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Elneny, Ramsey; Sanchez, Özil, Iwobi; Giroud
Norwich City starting lineup (4-4-1-1 formation): Ruddy; Wisdom, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson; Jarvis, O'Neil, Howson, Brady; Naismith; Mbokani
