After a long two weeks of international football, the Premier League is finally back, and Arsenal will take on Watford at Vicarage Road on Sunday.
Watford have struggled recently in the Premier League, after only managing to obtain one point out of a possible 12 in the first four games. As well as the poor points total, Watford fans will also be disappointed with the fact that Troy Deeney is out of action due to injury, as the striker has been their main source of goals in recent years.
During the summer transfer window, Watford broke their transfer record by signing Senegalese winger Ismaila Sarr from French club Rennes, for a reported fee of around £30 million.
This signing could prove to be vital for Watford into ensuring their season gets back on track as he has proven last season in the French league that he has bags of ability by notching 13 goals last season, which included four in the Europa League.
Arsenal fans will be familiar with the name and will not be too positive about it, as he was named as the Man of the Match in the first leg of the Europa League fixture between Arsenal and Rennes.
Sarr is yet to start a game for Watford in the Premier League and has only had a run out from the bench. His only start for the club was in the Carabao Cup and he managed to score a goal and lead them to victory, their only one of the season in all competitions.
Arsenal will have to look out for the Senegalese winger due to his height and pace. Standing at 6ft tall, he has the aerial advantage over both Arsenal full backs and will be a large threat in the air from set pieces and crosses.
Watford will probably look for crosses and set pieces as in the past, Arsenal have had trouble defending them against teams with a lot of height.
As well as his good aerial ability, the winger has immense pace also, which could cause the Arsenal defence problems if he is able to get in behind. Due to Sarr being a predominantly a left winger, it will mean Ainsley Maitland-Niles will have to be on his toes at all times and not let the Senegal star have a run down the line.
The last time Arsenal took the trip to Vicarage Road, the Gunners managed to scrape a win against the Hornets, who went down to 10 men in the first half and still managed to cause Arsenal a lot of problems throughout the game, without their main man Troy Deeney.
If Arsenal are to win the game this weekend they will need to keep Sarr quiet and will need to ensure that they can deal with the physical side of the London side if they are to come out of the game with three points.
