With seven games remaining for the Gunners this season, they will need to realistically win all of them if they’re to have any chance of keeping alive any faint title hopes. The trip to Upton Park on Saturday lunchtime, when they face an in form UEFA Champions League chasing West Ham, represents one of the toughest remaining games for Arsenal.
Arsene Wenger revealed in his news conference on Thursday that Aaron Ramsey should be in contention for the trip to east London, though it is hard to see the Welshman getting straight back into the team with the form of the likes of Mohamed Elneny and Alex Iwobi in that midfield.
On Saturday there will a host of attacking talent on display with the likes of Dimitri Payet, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez being the standout names to influence the game.
Here are the five key battles that could swing which way the three points will go this Saturday.
