Arsenal and West Brom are playing on the English Premier League schedule on Sunday and the match from Emirates Stadium starts up at 8:30 am ET on the NBC Sports Network and the Live Extra website for the stream and it has Arsene Wenger's Gunners looking to stay on the positive side of things heading into the last week of the EPL season and they are trying not to overlook the Baggies as they host the match on the schedule.
Arsenal comes into the match after winning against Newcastle United and that came after a win away against Hull City and that match may end up being very important, as Arsenal has two EPL matches left before playing in the FA Cup against the team. Hull City and the Gunners will meet on May 17 at Wembley Stadium for the FA Cup finals and that is a big matchup, as Arsenal can take home a championship this year and that would be great for Wenger. Arsenal was leading the Premier League for quite some time earlier in the season and they looked unstoppable, but the team couldn't hang on with Chelsea and Liverpool pushing ahead in the early spring and now they are looking to make things interesting over the final week.
Olivier Giroud is leading the team in scoring and Wenger talked up Mesut Ozil after the matchup against Newcastle, as the German midfielder scored in the game and that helped put the team in position to get into the Champions League. The team has a double digit streak of Champs League qualifying and they are in position to do it again with a victory on Sunday against West Bromwich and after losing to Everton earlier in the month, the Gunners have not fallen and now they have the chance to push their lead far enough that the Toffees can't catch up.
The team has been able to weather having Theo Walcott out of the lineup since suffering a serious knee injury and while his surgery was a success and his rehab has had no setbacks, there is a chance that he will miss the start of the next Premier League season. Walcott already has to miss the World Cup for England and the 25 year old is hoping to be fit enough and recovered by the start of next season after getting injured back in the FA Cup match against Tottenham in January. The Gunners will be into the UCL for the 17th straight season and they are trailing Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City in the Premier League standings.
The past two years the Gunners have had to play with pressure against Newcastle United and West Brom to ensure they made it into the Champions League and now they can still lose their next two matches and get in since Everton lost to Manchester City on Saturday. Arsenal has an away match at Norwich coming after the West Brom game and then they play the FA Cup final and once again they should be into the Champions League.
Check here for the Arsenal and West Bromwich live coverage from NBC for the Premier League.
