Burnley and Arsenal are playing on the English Premier League schedule on Saturday and the match from Turf Moor starts at 12:30 pm ET and is on the NBC Sports Network on TV and on the NBCSN Live Extra website as Arsene Wenger and his team try to stay in second place on the EPL table as the season gets closer to ending.
Arsenal comes in after a win at home against Liverpool and that came after a victory away against Newcastle. The Gunners have played well over the last two months and coming up they play against Burnley and Sunderland before a matchup with Reading in the FA Cup semi final. Arsenal comes in one point up on Manchester United before the Saturday games and now the Gunners will try and stay in the spot behind Chelsea in the standings.
The Gunners could be without Laurent Koscielny for the matchup but they will have Mathieu Debuchy, Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta and Abou Diaby in the lineup. Burnley is down at the bottom of the table in the number 19 position and that means the Gunners have to find a way to get things done, even on the road. Alexis Sanchez has had a very strong season and Burnley comes in with just one win in the last 10 games.
The team pulled off a surprising win against Manchester City and now Arsenal is looking to ensure their position with points on Saturday. Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud have helped Sanchez along lately and those three have helped fuel the strong run for Arsenal during the second half of the season. Arsenal is looking to avoid a fourth straight game without a win at Turf Moor and this would be a good time to get that done.
Arsenal is looking to keep things going and they have won seven straight EPL matches and they are looking to extend it to eight. Wenger has been putting his team in good position to win and Ozil has been strong over the last run, scoring three goals with four assists in the last eight games.
