Arsenal vs West Brom - as it happened! Sanchez scores twice in home win
Follow every kick of the action as Arsene Wenger's men take on the Baggies
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of tonight's Premier League meeting between Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion.
Arsene Wenger's side were booed off by their own supporters on Sunday following the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace. Tonight, they may simply be pleased to see a few home fans in attendance.
As many as 20,000 seats are expected to be empty for tonight's match, due to a combination of factors.
The Gunners' slump into slugging it out over fourth place has disgruntled a lot of the Emirates faithful and some are planning to stage a walk-out in the 75th minute in order to register their annoyance with the club's board.
Thursday night Premier League football may not sound too glamorous but, on this occasion, it may be quite eventful.
Arsenal vs West Bromwich Albion
Team news
Arsenal: Cech; Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Elneny, Ramsey; Sanchez, Ozil, Iwobi; Giroud
Substitutes: Ospina, Gabriel, Chambers, Coquelin, Walcott, Campbell, Welbeck
West Bromwich Albion: Foster; Dawson, Evans, McAuley, Chester; Yacob, Fletcher, Sandro; Sessegnon, McClean, Berahino
Substitutes: Myhill; Olsson, Gardner, Anichebe, McManaman, Rondon, Leko
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Midweek Premier League results
Newcastle United 1 Manchester City 1
Liverpool 3 Everton 0
Manchester United 2 Crystal Palace 0
West Ham United 3 Watford 1
24 min ARS 1-0 WBA Still all Arsenal, Hector Bellerin the latest to advance forward, haring in from the right wing before shooting over Foster's goal from the angle.
38 min ARS 2-0 WBA - GOAL! It's the little Chilean again, sending a free-kick through the wall - his own colleagues Per Mertesacker and Olivier Giroud bending out of the way - and into Ben Foster's bottom right corner. The Gunners are sailing back into the top three tonight. What crisis?
HALF-TIME ARS 2-0 WBA Arsenal are two to the good and could have been four or five. McAuley hit the bar but most of the action has taken place in front of Ben Foster's goal.
46 min ARS 2-0 WBA Changes for West Brom as we start the second half - Salomon Rondon and Jonas Olsson come on for Sandro and James Chester
Manager Arsene Wenger praised the showing of Alexis Sanchez, who continued his recent form. "We did the job in a serious way," the Frenchman said after the 2-0 victory. "We played well technically and the only regret is we should have scored more goals. The early goal helped rather than being anxious about the consequence of the result and it helped the team.It looks like Sanchez is back sharper, more confident. In the first half he was more exceptional."
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