Premier League Archives: 03/2020

Arsene Wenger thinks the priority is for the Premier League to complete their current season, even if that means pushing fixtures back.

After the Premier League suspended all fixtures until April 4th, there’s talk about what might happen if the season is cancelled.

Arsenal probably face Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday, assuming the higher-ups don’t suspend all domestic fixtures by then.

Despite only deciding on the date for this game just one week ago, the Premier League have postponed Arsenal’s game in Manchester with less than 24 hours notice due to the Corona virus as it takes hold in the UK.

Manchester City received a huge boost as both Leroy Sane and Kevin De Bruyne trained with ahead of their game against Arsenal.

Arsenal face Manchester City in a rearranged fixture on Wednesday, on the back of a three-game winning run in the league.

A few eyebrows were raised on Saturday when Mikel Arteta’s team was announced to face West Ham and he had, once again, opted for Eddie Nketiah ahead of Alexandre Lacazette and after the game, the Arsenal boss explained why.

Against Manchester City on Wednesday, Arsenal will get a set of match officials that does not involve Martin Atkinson, Mike Dean, nor Chris Kavanagh in what almost feels like a minor miracle.

Arsenal won another three Premier League points on Saturday, albeit in a game they perhaps didn’t deserve them against West Ham United.

Martin Atkinson took charge of his sixth Arsenal game this season as the Premier League and FA continue to give this man more Arsenal matches than any other but even he couldn’t stop Arsenal beating West Ham.

After sitting on top of the table all season, Arsenal have finally dropped down a place as referees move Bournemouth to the top of the yellow card table.

Arsenal were apparently reluctant to play Manchester City next week due to the short notice given to travelling fans but agreed to help ease City’s congestion after Pep Guardiola’s men convinced UEFA to let them play at the same time as a Champions League game.

Arsenal face West Ham United in the Premier League on Saturday, aiming to keep their recent winning run in the division going.

Nicolas Pepe is top of WhoScored’s Premier League form rankings based on his last six appearances, with a 7.78 overall rating.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Shkodran Mustafi both made the WhoScored Premier League Team of the Month for February.

Premier League referees will finally use pitchside monitors properly from next season to rule on offside calls as well as red cards.