Arsenal will take on a faltering Everton side in the Premier League this weekend and Mikel Arteta will be eager to maintain the gap at the top of the table with a comfortable win.
The Gunners beat Manchester United in an all-important game in their previous league outing and thanks to those three points, Arsenal have a five-point lead at the top of the table with a game in hand.
Everton are in shambles this season and they have just gone and appointed Sean Dyche as their new manager. With the kind of form that Arsenal are in right now this one should be an easy win for the Gunners but what they will have to be mindful of is the fact that Dyche’s tactics are mostly defensive so there’s every chance the new Toffees boss is going to put out a team to frustrate Arsenal.
Arsenal’s team news and injuries against Everton:
There are no injuries in the defence for Arsenal so all the players who started against Manchester United will take the field on Saturday as well.
Holding, Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney played in the FA Cup defeat against Man City but all of them will move to the bench this weekend.
Thomas Partey picked up a rib injury in that FA Cup tie and this is a big blow for the Arsenal manager. However, the Gunners have gone ahead and signed Jorginho from Chelsea so the midfielder is going to come straight into the starting XI.
Gabriel Jesus and Emile Smith Rowe are still ruled out with respective injuries which means the forward line is not going to see any changes either.
Leandro Trossard started against Man City but he was underwhelming in that defeat which is why we think the Arsenal manager will keep him on the bench.
Arsenal predicted line up vs Everton:
Predicted Starting XI(4-2-3-1): Ramsdale; Gabriel, Saliba, Zinchenko; Xhaka, Jorginho; Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli; Eddie Nketiah.
