Samir Nasri misses the last game of the season so Theo Walcott should regain his place in the team. The only real question is which formation Wenger starts with

Stoke City are the team who have their foot in between the door closing on the 2008/2009 season for Arsenal. Both sides have nothing left to play for, although Stoke City still have the chance of moving positions in the league table which could earn them more or less money depending on where they end up.

Fabianski has recovered from his injury problem and will have the job of trying to catch long throws or long route one punts. Stoke have not been the most attractive team to grace the Premier League but you have to give credit where it is due, a side that many would have banked on slipping back into the Championship have sailed through this end of season without any worries about relegation. We were beaten at the Britannia Stadium earlier in the season, a stadium that had served them well all year. Gunners support should really look at Stoke’s crowd as an example of supporting your team. They have found picking up points away from home much more difficult so I expect our team to carve them apart without many problems defensively.

Adebayor is still out with a ‘groin’ injury that kept him out of the draw at Old Trafford. I don’t want to call our manager a liar but I suspect that Adebayor is being kept out of the squad until his future is fully resolved.

Samir Nasri misses the last game of the season so Theo Walcott should regain his place in the team. The only real question is which formation Wenger starts with. The 4-5-1 worked very well at Old Trafford until we reached the final third of the pitch. Stoke are likely to play with one striker so Wenger has to decide if he should match their midfield or push another to join Van Persie in attack,

I am also interested to see if Arsene switches the side due to the physical stature of the Stoke City side. In the away match Arsene brought Song into midfield and Diaby on the left. He could play Arshavin behind the forward with Diaby playing in a wider position, not that I would be for that switch but it is an option that is open to him.

Mean Lean’s Predicted Line Up

Although I do not think that Van Persie and Bendtner compliment each other that much, they are more or less top of the pecking order so I would expect them to start. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Diaby included somewhere in the team.

Mean Lean’s Match Prediction

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