Arsenal - Hull City Preview:Will the Gunners Gun Down Hull?

Thegoalmac can reveal that Arsene Wenger is wary of the threat posed by Hull City, despite Arsenal's superb record against Saturday's visitors to the Emirates Stadium.

Hull have lost their last seven meetings with Wenger's men, after recording a memorable 2-1 away win in the first Premier League fixture between the sides in September 2008.
Arsenal's last success against Hull saw them come from two goals down to triumph 3-2 after extra-time in last season's FA Cup final at Wembley and Wenger is expecting a similarly tough test this weekend.

"When you look at their team-sheet now, it looks like a team that could beat anybody," Wenger told reporters.

"We expect a tough opponent. They couldn't use [Nikica] Jelavic in the Cup last season - since then they've bought [Mohamed] Diame, [Abel] Hernandez and they've bought other good players."

Arsenal, who suffered a first league defeat of the season at Chelsea prior to the international break, are contending with a lengthy injury list, with Laurent Koscielny (Achilles) the latest player to be sidelined.

Theo Walcott and Serge Gnabry (both knee) are back in training but not yet ready for first-team action, while Aaron Ramsey is expected to return from a thigh problem against Anderlecht onn Wednesday.

Mesut Ozil (knee), Olivier Giroud (fractured tibia), Calum Chambers (suspension), Mathieu Debuchy (ankle) and Yaya Sanogo (hamstring) are also out, but Tomas Rosicky and Mikel Arteta (both calf) are available.

Hull, one point and three places behind Arsenal in 11th, remain without goalkeeper Allan McGregor (shoulder) and long-term absentee Robert Snodgrass (dislocated kneecap).

However, Ahmed Elmohamady could be involved despite missing Egypt's Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Botswana due to a back spasm.

Hatem Ben Arfa and Gaston Ramirez, two of Hull's recruits in the last transfer window, have been restricted to substitute appearances thus far and will hope to gain maiden starts in north London.

Steve Bruce's side claimed a welcome three points in their last outing, beating Crystal Palace 2-0 to secure their first league win since the opening day of the season.

That success was particularly valuable given Hull now face two tricky away fixtures, with a trip to Liverpool following Saturday's match versus a side unbeaten in 21 Premier League matches on home soil.