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Arsenal (8th place, at WBA) - Does a Champions League win over Borussia Dortmund put the Gunners back on track? Two straight league losses demand a swift league turnaround. Danny Rose Hotspur Jersey . Centre-half Laurent Koscielny (Achilles) is available after six weeks on the shelf, replacing the out-of-position Nacho Monreal. Koscielny is essential and becomes more important with Jack Wilshere (ankle) and Mikel Arteta (calf) out for considerable time. Mathieu Flamini and Aaron Ramsey are now the only natural holding midfielders. Olivier Girouds early return from a broken leg takes pressure off Alexei Sanchez. The Chilean has been the lone source of consistent quality. Arsenal must be more ruthless in attack, rather than just content with possession against a team difficult to breakdown. The counter-attack killed Arsenal in their 2-1 loss to Manchester United. West Brom is dangerous playing said role. Aston Villa (16th, at Burnley) - A must-win for Villa. After a promising start (10 points from four), Villa has only picked up two points from eight, scoring just two goals across that span. Now they deal with the distraction of assistant manager Roy Keane leaving the team the day before match-day. Key players Christian Benteke (suspension), Fabian Delph (shoulder), and Ron Vlaar (calf) remain out. Burnley (19th, vs. Aston Villa) - Two wins in a row ahead of this potential letdown match against another side in the relegation conversation. Last seasons Championship Player of the Year Danny Ings is coming off back-to-back two goal performances; on international duty with the England U-21s and a first half double in a win at the Britannia. Chelsea (1st, at Sunderland) - Six points clear but some risk involved this weekend. The Black Cats have beat Chelsea the last two times out; a Capital One defeat last season and Sunderland delivering a crushing blow in a 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge last April, Chelseas last league loss. Its a trap game coming off a pair of easy wins. Fixture list congestion lay ahead, with midweek-weekend fixtures until the New Year. Jose Mourinho will have to start rotating his back four. Hes relied heavily upon Ivanovic-Terry-Cahill-Azpilicueta. The unit has remained remarkably healthy, as has the entire squad. Crystal Palace (15th, at Swansea) – Good vibes after a boss 3-1 win over Liverpool. Marouane Chamakh and Dwight Gayle did well up front, and continue to be strengths when involved. Surprising for Palace is a porous defensive record. The Eagles have the second worst goals against (21). Defenders Damien Delaney (calf) and Adrian Mariappa (knee) will miss the trip to South Wales, against a team manager Neil Warnock claims is the best hes seen this season. Everton (9th, at Spurs) - Everton and Spurs are both coming off Thursday night Europa League wins. They are also level on 17 points. Romelu Lukaku has scored in his last three games played with club and country and is back on track after a lethargic start. There will be selection issues for Roberto Martinez with a quick turnaround between games. Leighton Baines, Gareth Barry, Steven Pienaar, and Steven Naismith will all make the trip to London and will be assessed before kick-off. Hull City (17th, at Manchester United) - Saturday will be the 700th Premier League managerial game for Steve Bruce. Its fitting being played at Old Trafford. Bruce has never defeated his former team, while Hull City is on a horrid stretch, losing three straight. No team has given away more points from leading positions than Hull City (11). Bruce will be without Abel Hernandez (personal), but will have Mohamed Diame (knee) back in the team. Leicester City (18th, at QPR) - Games as such are crucial to Premier League survival. Its a battle between relegation dwellers and two familiar teams from the League Championship. The Foxes beat QPR 1-0 both times out last season. Thankfully Nigel Pearson has ignored Emile Heskeys pleas to sign the former Leicester striker with his team goalless in five. Patience must be preached. The 5-3 win over Manchester United is ancient history. They must prove capable of playing high-energy football on a weekly. Liverpool (12th, vs. Stoke City) - Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool are grasping at straws. The desperation is legit. A 2-2 Champions League draw with Ludogorets Razvad showed the many frailties in the team. Liverpool players insist it was an improved display. It was not. Its striking how far internal expectations have fallen, so quickly. They rely too much on 19-year old Raheem Sterling for any kind of creative spark. Yet the critics focus on goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. The Belgian has made mistakes, but no more/less than the team in front. Rickie Lambert has scored in back-to-back and should start up front. Tensions will be high at Anfield. Liverpool is winless in November, and if they fail to win against a team that hasnt triumphed at Anfield in 29 visits, it may cost Rodgers his job. Manchester City (3rd, at Southampton) - A battle between 2nd and 3rd place. Its surprising City remains in the top four after a nondescript start. Superior individual performances have covered up a lack of cohesion. How many more times will Sergio Aguero come to the rescue? His hat-trick against Bayern Munich gave City a Champions League lifeline. Aguero has scored half (12) of Citys goals in league play. Sunday will be Agueros 100th league appearance. Much of the criticism is put on Yaya Toure, which is overblown. His match winner against Swansea showed what a force he is. Too much reliance on Aguero and Toure, especially with David Silva (knee) out of the line-up is problematic against a team that boasts balance throughout the starting XI. Manchester United (4th, vs. Hull City) - United have seen through a difficult stretch and sit fourth. Its an incredible achievement considering the managerial change, squad turnover and dealing with 40 injuries already. Ander Herrera (ribs) and Jonny Evans (ankle) played with the reserves midweek and in contention. As are Radamel Falcao (calf), and defender Marcos Rojo (shoulder), suprising considering the severity of injury to the latter. Look for United to stick with a 3-5-2, with Angel Di Maria as attacking midifielder. Its a good position for the Argentine, who has more assists (20) than any other player in Europes top five leagues in 2014. Ashley Young was good at outside left last week and should deputize the position while Luke Shaw (ankle) is out. United has been in survival mode over the opening months. Its time for the team to form an identity and start playing top football. The quality has been poor, the play pragmatic. Newcastle United (5th, at West Ham) - Five league wins in a row for Alan Pardew and all hard feelings have been forgotten. The current streak is remarkable. They havent conceded a goal in November and havent lost a competitive match since September. Captain Fabricio Coloccini and Paul Dummett have come together to form a balanced partnership. Incredibly, Newcastle is the only team without a goal in the first half-four of any match. West Ham is a tricky opponent and is just one point behind. Colocinni (calf) and goalkeeper Tim Krul (knock) will be game-time decisions. Queens Park Rangers (20th, vs. Leicester) - Last place but have shown signs of life at home. All eight points earned have come at Loftus Road. Charlie Austin has scored four goals in his last five home games. Leicester City is a must-win. QPR has been dreadful defensively, and may welcome Rio Ferdinand back into the starting XI with Richard Dunne out (accumulation). Ferdinand hasnt played for nearly two months (suspension). Eduardo Vargas (personal) returns and adds quality in service and pace. If the team keeps proper defensive shape and the midfield deals with the Foxes high pressure, the game could be a turning point. Southampton (2nd, vs. Manchester City) - A point last week at Villa Park should be deemed not good enough. Three points was required with a difficult period arriving. Manchester City this weekend, followed by Arsenal and Manchester United is as difficult a stretch as any. Everton and Chelsea are among the fixtures to come in the festive period. 26 points in second place is outstanding. The talent in the team is plain to see. No team has given up fewer shots on target (25). Its fair to say we will know by the New Year whether the current form is sustainable and if Champions League football next season is a realistic possibility. Stoke City (11th, at Liverpool) - A bounce-back game for Stoke after the embarrassment of losing at home to Burnley. A promising month featuring a draw with West Ham and win over Spurs was given back with last weekends loss. Time to prove they are a top-half of the table team. Mark Hughes brought more skill than strength to Stoke in the summer, but it has seldom been evident. The all-important Victor Moses (thigh) will miss the next six weeks. And sickness has run through the team, with goalkeeper Asmir Begovic among affected. Sunderland (14th, vs. Chelsea) - An undefeated November has helped bury the ugliness of an 8-0 embarrassment in October. No team has more draws (7) than Sunderland. They have beat Chelsea the last two times theyve played, which will give the team confidence ahead of the visit from the league leaders. The Black Cats play at a high pace, and are often times their own worse enemy; out of control and mistake-ridden. Costel Pantilimon has settled things in goal. Swansea City (7th, vs. Crystal Palace) - Its talent versus athleticism at the Liberty. While onlookers rave about the strong spine, no team uses the wings better than Swansea. Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge, and Jefferson Montero have speed that few can deal with. Swansea was unlucky to leave the Etihad empty-handed. Batefimbi Gomis missed a late half-break, and Gylfi Sigurdssons deflected free kick just missed the far post in the 2-1 loss to City. Wilfried Bony has scored in five of his last six league games. The team however remains vulnerable on set pieces, conceding more than any other side (9). Tottenham Hotspur (10th, vs. Everton) – Its difficult to get a read on Spurs. They havent won back-to-back league games since the first two of the season. Spurs are through in the Europa League; its now time to get their domestic season on track. No team has more losses at home (4). Nacer Chadli, Etienne Capoue and Emmanuel Adebayor are among those back training. Three of Tottenhams five wins have come through goals in the 90th minute. West Bromwich Albion (13th, vs. Arsenal) - WBA didnt have a chance last time out, falling behind two goals and down a man in the first half-hour at Stamford Bridge. They have lost two straight and West Brom players have failed to score in a month. Saido Berahino is available despite his arrest for DUI. The all-important James Morrison (sickness) and Sebastien Pocognoli (hamstring) are major doubts. West Ham United (6th vs. Newcastle) - Unlucky losers last time out against Everton. The game was full of life, representative of the combative nature of the Hammers this season. West Ham has already beat Manchester City and Liverpool at home. Injuries up front mean Andy Carroll will likely feature against his former club. Stewart Downing (knee) looks set to return, but Winston Reid (suspension) will be a big loss. 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The Arizona slugger homered to the opposite field with one out in the ninth inning to give the Diamondbacks a 5-4 victory over the New York Mets Friday night. Goldschmidts 27th homer, his second game-winner of the year, came on a 1-1 pitch from Scott Atchison (2-1) after the Mets had rallied from a two-run deficit. "He got ahead with his slider and missed with a curveball," Goldschmidt said. "He threw another slider. Luckily it was up and I was able to hit it out of there." Atchison said it was just a bad pitch. "I threw him a good one on the first pitch he took and tried to duplicate that again," he said. "Rushed it, whatever, it just wasnt a good pitch and he is a good hitter." Brad Ziegler (5-1) pitched an inning of scoreless relief for the win. The Mets Marlon Byrd was thrown out at the plate trying for an inside-the-park home run in the second inning. Patrick Corbin, looking for his 13th win, left with a 4-2 lead after six but the Mets scored twice off Heath Bell in the eighth to tie it, ending the relievers string of 11 straight scoreless outings. Atchison, the Mets sixth pitcher of the night, retired Martin Prado to start the ninth. But Goldschmidt took him deep to right field, clearing the fence as Arizona improved to 3-0 to start an eight-game homestand. Goldschmidt didnt have a game-winning hit until this season. Now he has three, two of them home runs. The homer boosted his NL-leading RBI total to 91. He was doused with water as he approached home plate to be mobbed by his teammates. "Oh, its fun," he said. "It doesnt matter if its you hitting it or a teammate hitting it, you get an opportunity to win the game there in the ninth inning or extra innings or whatever it is, its a lot of fun. Hopefully we can do it a few more times." The Mets Justin Turner had three RBIs on two singles and a groundout, giving him 10 RBIs for the season. Consecutive two-out doubles by Corbin, Adam Eaton and Prado put Arizona up 2-1 in thhe fifth. Kieran Trippier Jersey. New York tied it in the sixth, but in the bottom half of the inning, Wil Nieves double brought in two runs to give the Diamondbacks a 4-2 lead. Corbin, 0-2 in his last three starts, allowed two runs and four hits in six innings, walking two and hitting two batters. He also had a wild pitch that led to a New York run. "You saw him miss up and away a lot," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said. "His changeup was the same. He didnt have a good slider like he has in the past but he battled. We got though six. Its a shame he didnt get the win. " Leading off the second, Byrd hit one deep to right centre, where the ball careened off the porch that extends a few feet over the field. The ball bounced all the way back to left centre. When left fielder Prado finally chased it down, Byrd was motoring around third. Prado fired to Aaron Hill, whose perfect relay home was just in time for the catcher Nieves to tag Byrd despite the Mets sluggers head-first slide. It would have been Byrds first career inside-the-park homer. Hill also threw out Juan Legares trying to stretch a double to a triple with a relay throw from right fielder Cody Ross to end the seventh. Arizona broke a 2-2 tie in the sixth after Hill singled and Ross doubled to put runners at second and third with no outs. Nieves doubled down the left-field line to bring both runners home, giving the Diamondbacks a 4-2 lead just as Corbin left the game. In the eighth, Bell gave up singles to Daniel Murphy, Byrd and Josh Satin to load the bases with no outs. Groundouts by Turner and Wilmer Flores each brought home a run to tie it at 4 before John Buck bounced out to strand Satin at third. Notes: Byrd needs one home run to reach 100 for his career. ... On Saturday night, RHP Brandon McCarthy (2-5, 4.94 ERA) makes his first home start since returning from the disabled list while RHP Zack Wheeler (4-2, 3.73) goes for New York. ... The Mets, coming off a three-game home sweep of Colorado, opened an 11-game, four-city trip that concludes with a makeup game at Minnesota. ' ' '