Arsenal will be desperate to lift all the doom and gloom surrounding their club when they visit Reading in their English Premier League game.

The Gunners suffered a humiliating defeat to League Two side Bradford City on Tuesday, and are struggling to put in any kind of consistent run in the Premier League.

They currently lie in eighth on 24 points from 16 matches, and can close the gap to fourth-placed Tottenham to two points with a win against a Reading side, who are bottom in the Premier League on eight points.

"(The squad felt) disappointment and frustration (after the loss to Bradford)," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. "That is normal when you go out in a competition like that. Having said that, we can only look at ourselves, get on with it and look to the future.

"This team cares, is serious and wants to do well. I do not question the spirit of the team.

"We are top professional people. What is important is what happens tomorrow, not what happened yesterday. We are sorry for (the defeat to Bradford) but what is important is the next game."

Reading manager Brian McDermott also believes Arsenal have it in them to turn things around, with the former Gunner giving his full backing to under-fire Wenger.

"Arsenal are a massive club and well run financially -- a terrific institution," McDermott said. "I cannot see it as them being in crisis. They generally come good at the back end of the season.

"I have always kept a close eye on how Arsenal are doing because I was there eight years and they taught me a lot.

"Historically Arsenal are in the top three or four every season and Arsene will want to win trophies more than anyone. Arsene has been there for a long time and it is a stable club.

"I would not back against Arsenal finishing in the top four."

Arsenal will welcome back Olivier Giroud into the squad after the French international missed the trip to Bradford, while Theo Walcott and Laurent Koscielny will be assessed before the game.

Jason Roberts and Pavel Pogrebnyak could make the squad for Reading, but Jem Karacan, Jimmy Kebe and Sean Morrison are all ruled out.

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Expected lineups: Reading: Federici; Cummings, Pearce, Mariappa, Shorey; McCleary, Tabb, Leigertwood, McAnuff, Hunt; Le Fondre.

Arsenal: Szczesny; Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs; Arteta, Wilshere; Cazorla, Walcott, Podolski; Giroud.

Prediction: 4-1 to Arsenal

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