Arsenal vs Burnley. The FA Cup Fourth Round.
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Saturday 30 January 2016 15:01, UK
Arsenal will attempt to stretch their unbeaten run in the FA Cup to 14 matches in Saturday's fourth-round tie at home to Burnley.
The Gunners have lifted the trophy for the past two seasons and their last defeat in this competition came against Blackburn after a late Colin Kazim-Richards goal in 2013.
Mohamed Elneny, signed from Basel this month, is expected to make his debut while fellow midfielders Francis Coquelin and Tomas Rosicky are available for selection.
Goalkeeper Petr Cech will be rested in favour of David Ospina, while defender Per Mertesacker is suspended.
Striker Danny Welbeck is back in full training but will not feature, and midfield pair Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla remain sidelined.
Burnley are unbeaten in six matches and will arrive at the Emirates Stadium full of confidence after a 4-1 win over promotion rivals Derby County moved them up to third in the Championship.
Midfielder Dean Marney made his first appearance of the year against Derby as an 89th-minute replacement but is struggling to make the squad after a recurrence of his calf injury.
Goalkeeper Paul Robinson is set to be in the squad after signing this month, as a replacement for Matt Gilks who is nursing an elbow injury.
Paul Merson prediction
Burnley are on fire but Sean Dyche is in a catch-22 situation. Do you go to the Emirates and say 'we are playing well and scoring loads of goals' and then Arsenal hit top form and beat you by four or five? Something like that can knock all of the confidence out of a side. At the end of the season Burnley need to get promoted, so I think they might rest some players.
This has been a good cup for Arsene Wenger, if it wasn't for the FA Cup he wouldn't still be here as manager. Two-nil down against Hull, ball cleared off the line, fans fuming; he would have been gone if they'd lost. So it's been a good cup for him.
PAUL PREDICTS: 3-1 (Sky Bet odds 10/1)
Opta stats
Arsenal have won their last five FA Cup ties against Burnley, scoring 16 and conceding just once. The one goal Burnley did score was in their biggest FA Cup loss since 1896 (Burnley 1-7 Arsenal, 20/02/1937).
Burnley have not reached the fifth round since 2011.
Arsenal have won 32 of their last 39 home FA Cup ties (D6 L1).
Olivier Giroud has scored nine goals in his last 13 FA Cup appearances.
Burnley have won their last three away games in all competitions, scoring 10 goals and conceding two.
