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Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Arsenal’s trip to West Brom in the Premier League. Is it crisis over for the Gunners? Two wins on the bounce has at least alleviated some of the pressure on Mikel Arteta. But one man who would love to compound Arsenal’s woes is Sam Allardyce, who is still looking for his first win in charge of the struggling Baggies. The snow is coming down here, but the groundsmen are working relentlessly to get the game on! It looks promising so far…

Premier League / Matchday 17
The Hawthorns / 02.01.2021
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Dan Quarrell
ByDan Quarrell

Updated 02/01/2021 at 21:52 GMT

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Arsenal having the better of the action early on.
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Pablo Mari looks to loft a cross into the middle, but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang cannot get there.
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SAVE! Arsenal threatening here. Hector Bellerin arrives to meet the looseball at the far post, drills for goal, but Sam Johnstone saves with his feet.
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Snow continues to fall here. Making for a scrappy opening.
1st Half
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KICK OFF! We are up and running here in the wintry conditions.
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Here we go. Can Arsenal do it on a cold, snowy Saturday night in the West Midlands? Arsenal have won as many Premier League games in their last two outings (2), as they did in their previous 12 combined (W2 D2 L8). The Gunners are looking to win three consecutive Premier League games under Mikel Arteta for the fourth time, also doing so in September, July and March 2020.
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Ahead of kick off, catch up with all the latest transfer talk from across Europe as the rumours are hotting up with the window open!
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Allardyce has a big job to do. West Brom have won just eight points in the Premier League so far this season – only in 1985-86 have they amassed fewer points after 16 games of a top-flight campaign (6 – converted to 3pts/win all-time). Each of the previous five sides to earn eight points or fewer after 16 Premier League games of a season were relegated, most recently Aston Villa in 2015-16.
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Lacazette speaks ahead of the match.
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Made of stern stuff.
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Arsenal have won just one of their last six Premier League away games against promoted sides (D2 L3), with that victory coming at Fulham on the opening day this season.
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HEAD TO HEAD: West Brom are unbeaten in their last three Premier League home games against Arsenal (W2 D1), having only avoided defeat in three of their first nine against them at the Hawthorns in the competition (W1 D2 L6). Arsenal have scored in all 24 of their Premier League meetings with West Brom, the best 100% scoring record by one side against an opponent in the competition’s history.
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19:22
Much work still do to prior to kick off!
19:21
LACA IN FOR MARTINELLI, CEBALLOS STARTS: There are two changes from the Arsenal side that beat Brighton last time out, and the man who stepped off the bench to score the winning goal at the Amex Stadium - Alexandre Lacazette - is one of those to come in, in place of Gabriel Martinelli, while Dani Ceballos replaces Mohamed Elneny. Branislav Ivanovic and Matheus Pereira come in for West Brom.
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TEAM NEWS - WEST BROM: Johnstone, Furlong, Ajayi, O’Shea, Ivanovic, Sawyers, Robinson, Phillips, Gallagher, Diangana, Pereira.... Subs: Button, Gibbs, Bartley, Grosicki, Austin, Harper, Krovinovic, Peltier, Diaby. /// ARSENAL: Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Mari, Tierney, Ceballos, Xhaka, Saka, Smith-Rowe, Lacazette, Aubameyang... Subs: Runarsson, Willian, Maitland-Niles, Pepe, Luiz, Elneny, Willock, Nketiah, Martinelli.
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The teams are in...