1886 Previews

Goonersphere's match preview page covering all first team matches. Previews include up to date injury lists, match facts, interesting stats, opposition analysis, head to head records as well as line-up and score predictions.

Jon writes weekend match previews for Goonersphere but you can catch his excellent regular blogging on http://woolwich1886.blogspot.com

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Midweek matches are written by Goonersphere collaborators. Please get in touch if you would be interested in writing midweek match previews.

Walcott's Directness Key To Securing 3rd?

Written by Jon Shay on 23 May 2015. Posted in 1886 Previews

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Match Preview: Arsenal vs. West Brom - Premier League 24.05.2015

Sigh. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. It was supposed to be a thing of beauty, not this…this monstrosity. Three matches and two weeks ago, we were booking our best finish in a decade, offering a nifty bookend to winning our first bit of silverware in a decade a season ago. Instead, we’ve staggered and stumbled through our last three matches, dropping seven points from nine, and now have to settle for a third place finish—provided we can get at least a point from the Baggies.

Sunderland Won't Roll Over For Arsenal

Written by Editor on 20 May 2015. Posted in 1886 Previews

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Match Preview: Arsenal vs. Sunderland - Premier League 25.10.2014

When we last faced Sunderland in October we had played 14 matches and scored 21 goals in total. In the following 22 games we scored 46. It's safe to say that we were adapting to our new look attack and now we are one of the most potent attacking forces in the league. Just a point is needed to effectively seal third spot with our superior goal difference to United but even that isn't going to be the cakewalk the fixture looks on paper.

De Gea Stands In The Way Of Third Spot

Written by Jon Shay on 15 May 2015. Posted in 1886 Previews

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Match Preview: Manchester United vs. Arsenal – Premier League 17 May 2015

A season that once felt brimming with promise and potential just one week ago now seems to have gone off the rails—and yet we still sit in third place, behind two of the heaviest-spending clubs in Prem and ahead of another. So why the gloom and doom? A week ago, we knew that three wins and a draw would secure second place. Swansea didn’t get the memo. Or maybe they did. At any rate, we now go into the belly of a beast hoping to catch lightning in a bottle a second time.