Arsenal vs Watford: Ighalo dares Iwobi

Arsenal will host Watford at the Emirates Stadium in their first match back after the international break, with plenty of ground to make up in the home straight.

Revenge may be on the minds of the Gunners too after they were dumped out of the FA Cup by the very same opposition just three weeks ago.

                                                             Ighalo dares Iwobi
Arsene Wenger is sweating over the fitness of goalkeeper Petr Cech, who is rated at 50-50 to return having missed the last five games with a calf injury.

He has returned to full training, however, alongside Jack Wilshere and Tomas Rosicky, although Saturday’s match will come too early for those long-term absentees.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Santi Cazorla are also still a few weeks from returning, while fellow midfielders Mathieu Flamini and Aaron Ramsey will miss this weekend’s game as well.

Mikel Arteta could return to the bench, where he may be alongside the likes of Per Mertesacker, Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud after the trio were all left out against Everton.

Watford have a number of question marks going into the match, with Sebastian Prodl and Valon Behramiboth suffering from illness.

Joel Ekstrand will face a late fitness test over a hamstring strain, but Rene Gilmartin and Tommie Hobanremain sidelined.

This is a must-win game for Arsenal if they are to stand any chance of catching the teams above them in the table, and with Watford in poor form when it comes to the Premier League, it looks like a home banker. The recent FA Cup game does raise a question mark, but we think that Arsenal should run out relatively comfortable winners.