Arsenal have won 12 out of these sides’ 14 meetings in the Premiership since 2001, with Fulham claiming one win in 2006 and a draw in 2003, but despite this one-sided record, there are signs that Arsenal may find it hard to continue their impressive record against their fellow Londoners.

Fulham began their campaign poorly last week, with a 1-2 loss away to Hull, but away from home, Fulham have been consistently poor in the last souple of seasons and at Craven Cottage, they are a different prospect.

Fulham have not lost their opening home fixture in the past 14 seasons and Arsenal have not won their opening away fixture for the last 3 seasons.

Also, though Arsenal dominated their first game against West Brom (1-0), they couldn’t get away from the Midlands side, with West Brom having a couple of chances to come back into the game.

Fulham’s attack has some ability, even without record signing Andrew Johnson, who is injured, and can cause Arsenal problems at the back.

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Still, Arsenal will be expected to win (as their status as favourites at around $1.60 to win shows), but it should not all be plain sailing.

Instead, consider the over/under goals market; 10 of these sides’ last 14 meetings have seen 3 goals or more and 4 meetings out of their last 6 have seen both sides score – over 2.5 goals is being offered at $2.08 from Pinnacle and this holds some value.

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Bet: Over 2.5 goals Odds: $2.08 Stake: 6pts Bookies: Pinnacle Sports

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