da prosport bet: Tonight’s Bank Holiday action in the Premier League sees Hull City play hosts to Arsenal at the KC Stadium.
da gbg bet: Following on from their scoreless draw with Chelsea two Sundays ago, there’s only two notable changes to Arsenal’s squad – substitute Danny Welbeck has been dropped from the bench in place of veteran midfielder Tomas Rosicky whilst Gabriel Paulista has come in for Mathieu Debuchy.
The 16 remaining players consist of; David Ospina, Hector Bellerin, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Francis Coquelin, Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud, alongside substitutes Theo Walcott, Mathieu Flamini, Wojciech Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere.
It’s been an interesting first season for Welbeck since swapping Manchester United for Arsenal in a £15million deal last summer. Although his work-rate and enthusiasm has never been in doubt, the winger-forward has notched up just four goals and three assists in the Premier League, so the response to his absence on Twitter, due to a slight knee problem, has been rather varied.
They range from those clearly unaware of his fitness issue:
To some venting their disappointment:
A few venting their joy:
And others fearing for Arsenal’s future:
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