{"id":11608,"date":"2026-11-07T06:17:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T06:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/epl-its-possible-iroegbunam-backs-hull-city-to-shock-arsenal-at-the-emirates\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T06:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T06:17:05","slug":"epl-its-possible-iroegbunam-backs-hull-city-to-shock-arsenal-at-the-emirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/epl-its-possible-iroegbunam-backs-hull-city-to-shock-arsenal-at-the-emirates\/","title":{"rendered":"EPL: It&#8217;s Possible \u2013 Iroegbunam Backs Hull City To Shock Arsenal At The Emirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hull City midfielder Tim Iroegbunam believes the Tigers have what it takes to spring a major surprise when they face Premier League leaders Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Sergej Jakirovi\u0107\u2019s side head into North London facing a formidable task against a Gunners team that reclaimed top spot following a 1\u20130 victory over Liverpool last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/i-knew-nothing-about-ronaldos-retirement-portugal-coach-jesus\/\">I Knew Nothing About Ronaldo\u2019s Retirement \u2014 Portugal Coach Jesus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the gulf in league standings, recent setbacks for Mikel Arteta\u2019s side, including surprising cup and domestic defeats, have given the visiting Tigers plenty of encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>Iroegbunam, who bagged his first Premier League goal in Saturday\u2019s 2\u20132 draw against Ipswich Town, insists Hull will travel to the capital devoid of fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s one of those games where they\u2019re expected to win almost, so we\u2019ll just give it our all,\u201d Iroegbunam told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/\">Hull Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/women-in-nigerian-sports-good-luck-flamingos-odegbami\/\">Women In Nigerian Sports \u2013 Good Luck Flamingos! \u2014 Odegbami<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not like it hasn\u2019t been done before; like they haven\u2019t been beaten. It\u2019s possible. We\u2019ll give it our all, and we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the quality of their hosts while pointing to the competitive nature of English football, the midfielder added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know they\u2019re a good side, but in the Premier League, anyone can beat anyone. We\u2019ll go into the game looking to win, as we do with every game, and whatever happens will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hull City midfielder Tim Iroegbunam believes the Tigers have what it takes to spring a major surprise when they face Premier League leaders Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}