Eberechi Eze has made a superb start to his Arsenal career with two assists already for the North London side. He brings something which Arsenal have lacked over the last few seasons which is a bit of flair and an ability to decide a game on his own.

His shot record has really stood out to me from his early few games for Arsenal. Eze has had 17 shots across his six Premier League appearances this season (3.85 per 90). This isn’t new for Eze, he had 102 shots across his 34 Premier League appearances last season (3.53 per 90) so he is a player that has a consistently high shot volume.

Eze has been playing in a more central position for Arsenal in recent weeks which also boosts his chances of getting shots away. He played in this role in Arsenal’s 2-0 win over West Ham during the international break and managed four shots, one of which managed to find the target.

I’d also recommend looking at Eze for 3+ shots @ 2.20 and 4+ shots @ 4.00 with Eze managing 4+ shots in each of his last two matches.

Jurrien Timber has committed a foul in each of his last five Premier League matches with the fullback making more tackles than any other player (4) and committing two fouls against West Ham last time out.

Timber has committed nine fouls across his seven Premier League appearances so far this season (1.55 per 90) and will be facing up against Fulham’s stronger left hand side of the pitch.

This left hand side has long been Fulham’s main path forward with the likes of Robinson and Iwobi operating down that flank for the Cottagers. They’ve also added Brazilian winger Kevin to their ranks who plays on the left and can cause Timber problems if he comes on later in the game.

Partey lined up at right back in this fixture last season and was forced into committing three fouls, showing the strength of Fulham’s left hand side and how often they look to progress down that channel. Timber did feature in the meeting between the sides at the Emirates and made two tackles as well as one foul.

Arsenal look like the most complete side in the Premier League at the moment. It’s hard to find a weakness in Mikel Arteta’s side and I think this will be a good test to see how far Arsenal have come in their development under the Spaniard.

It was games like this that cost Arsenal the title last season, the Gunners drew 14 games in the Premier League last season which was the joint second most of any side in the top flight behind Everton (15). This is not to say that a draw would be the end of Arsenal’s title hopes, but the Gunners have more firepower and depth for these games than they did last season.

I think Arsenal’s win away from home against Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League was a good example of how the depth Arsenal have added to their ranks can aid them in games like this. Eze and Madueke were below their usual levels in that game but Arsenal managed to win the game through Trossard and Martinelli who came on from the bench.

Arsenal’s only defeat so far this season came away from home against Liverpool and even that was only possible thanks to a wonder strike from Dominik Szoboszlai. Fulham have lost their last two matches in the Premier League, conceding 3+ goals in both matches against Aston Villa and Bournemouth.

Arsenal have won more corners than any other side in the Premier League this season (53). This works out to 7.57 corners per game which is comfortably the best record in the division so far. This isn’t really that surprising when considering how dominant Arsenal are in games and how effective they can be from set piece situations.

Arsenal racked up six corners in this fixture last season and managed to score from one of these with Saliba tapping in from close range. Arsenal also managed to win five corners in the clash between the sides at the Emirates so it’s clear that it’s an important part of the Gunners’ arsenal which Arteta looks to utilise regularly.

Arsenal are averaging 8.0 corners per game across their three away games in the Premier League this season. This positive record on the road should aid Arsenal in crossing this line which is below their average for the season overall and on the road.

My feeling at the start of the season was that Gyokeres would be useful in these sorts of games, but less important in some of the bigger matches. I think Gyokeres is a decent striker but no more than that, I don’t think he’s been brought in to be the missing piece that secures Arsenal the title, but rather to be effective in games like this where Arsenal will be up against a stubborn defensive unit..

Gyokeres’ goals for Arsenal so far have come against Nottingham Forest and Leeds - both games Arsenal dominated against sides currently sitting in the lower reaches of the table. I’d say that Fulham are slightly above that level at the moment but are having issues at the back - the Cottagers have conceded 3+ goals in each of their last two Premier League matches.

Gyokeres earned a bit of a reputation as a flat track bully in Portugal with over 50% of his goals coming against the bottom seven sides in the division. This criticism becomes more concrete when looking at the number of penalties that were involved in his goal haul. I can see Gyokeres getting a bit more joy here than he has done in the last few weeks with Fulham really lacking confidence at the back.

Andersen is yet to receive a yellow card in the Premier League this season which is probably why we’re getting a decent price here on a player that picked up seven yellow cards and one red card last term.

Andersen can be aggressive when he is up against a physical opponent, as he will be here in lining up against Viktor Gyokeres. Gyokeres likes to pin defenders and use his stature to his advantage, Andersen will be up for this battle and I can see the two exchanging blows on a few occasions.

Andersen didn’t feature in this fixture last season, but Calvin Bassey committed two fouls and was shown a yellow card lining up against Kai Havertz. Andersen did feature in the clash between the sides at the Emirates and was forced into committing one foul, which led to a yellow card, and contesting 10 duels.

Iwobi is Fulham’s most important player in my opinion. He registered the joint most goal contributions for the Cottagers last term and has already registered three goal contributions this season (1 goal, 2 assists).

He’s matured into a player that has added end product to his game which was missing in his time at Arsenal and early seasons with Fulham. However, Iwobi is now a reliable player who can target double digits for goal contributions again this season.

He’s had 10 shots across his seven appearances for Fulham in the Premier League so far this season (1.65 per 90) but had three of these shots in Fulham’s defeat to Bournemouth a few weeks prior. He also created three chances in that game which was the most of any player on the pitch, further highlighting his importance to Marco Silva’s side.