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The 2020/21 Premier League season gets underway with a London derby as newly-promoted Fulham host Arsenal this weekend.
talkSPORT is set to bring you more top-flight football than ever before this season and itll all start at Craven Cottage on Saturday lunchtime.
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Fulham returned to the Premier League thanks to a play-off final win just 38 day ago.
Now they face a quick turnaround and will host an Arsenal side who are also returning to action fast this weekend.
The Gunners beat champions Liverpool in the Community Shield two weeks ago following on their FA Cup triumph.
Theres been a lot of talk about Mikel Artetas men going into the new campaign and theyll want to put on a show in west London.
As for Fulham, Scott Parker will want to send a message to the rest of the league that the Cottagers are here to stay in the Prem this time around.
talkSPORT will bring you all the action from this London clash exclusively live!
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Fulham v Arsenal: How to listen
The Premier League clash will get underway at 12:30pm on Saturday, September 12.
Full coverage from Craven Cottage will be exclusively live on talkSPORT, with our coverage starting at 11am.
Reshmin Chowdhury will be your host before commentary from Clive Tyldesley and Trevor Sinclair.
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Scott Parker led Fulham to Championship play-off glory last season
Fulham v Arsenal: Team news and line-ups
Fulham have reported no injury concerns ahead of their Premier League return,
France goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, who is on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, is pushing for his debut.
Fellow summer arrivals Mario Lemina, Harrison Reed and Kenny Tete could also feature.
For Arsenal, David Luiz has been ruled out for up to six weeks with a neck injury sustained in the Community Shield.
He is set to be replaced by William Saliba or fellow new signing Gabriel.
Willian, who joined on a free from Chelsea earlier this summer, is also set to make his Gunners debut.
Gabriel Martinelli, Pablo Mari, Calum Chambers and Shkodran Mustafi are all injured.
Arsenal won the FA Cup and then Community Shield this summer
Fulham v Arsenal: Match stats and facts

  • Fulham have lost each of their last five Premier League matches against Arsenal, conceding nine goals in their two defeats against the Gunners the last time they were in the top-flight in 2018-19 (1-5 home, 1-4 away).
  • Arsenal have lost just one of their last 13 Premier League matches against Fulham (W8 D4), going down 1-2 at Craven Cottage in January 2012.
  • Arsenal and Fulham have only met on the opening day once previously in the top-flight, with the Gunners coming from behind to beat the Cottagers 2-1 on MD1 in 2007-08.
  • Arsenal are looking to win on MD1 in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2009-10 (three in a row), while Fulham have lost their opening day game in each of their last two seasons, 0-2 to Crystal Palace in 2018-19 and 0-1 to Barnsley last term.
  • Arsenal are facing a newly-promoted side on MD1 of a Premier League season for a fifth time, losing none of their previous four (W3 D1). Their last league defeat against a promoted side on opening day was back in 1976-77, losing 0-1 at Highbury to Bristol City.
  • Fulham have lost their last 10 top-flight London derbies losing all 10 in the 2018/19 season the longest ever run by a club in top-flight history.
  • Arsenals 28 MD1 games in the Premier League have seen a total of 11 red cards, more than any other side in the competition. The Gunners have had six players sent off in the opening game (most recently Laurent Koscielny in 2013-14), while their opponents have been shown five red cards (most recently Jason Puncheon in 2014-15).
  • Arsenal havent lost any of their last 24 matches in the month of September in all competitions (W19 D5), since a 2-3 home defeat to Olympiakos in the Champions League in 2015.
  • Since making his Fulham debut in February 2018, only Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (54), Mo Salah (54) and Jamie Vardy (50) have scored more league goals in Englands top four tiers than Aleksandar Mitrovic (49), with 11 of those coming in the Premier League in 2018-19.
  • Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been directly involved in 16 goals in 13 Premier League appearances against newly-promoted opponents (12 goals, 4 assists), scoring three goals and assisting one in two games against Fulham in 2018-19.

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