Arsenal are undefeated in the Premier League this season and they will take on a struggling Sheffield United in their next gameweek.
Sheffield are sitting at the bottom of the table and there are rumours that if they don’t win against the Gunners, Paul Heckingbottom will be sacked. This is a monumental ask because Arsenal are in top form right now and the last time, Sheffield beat the home side was way back in 2019.
The Gunners came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 against Chelsea in their previous match and then they beat Sevilla in midweek in the Champions League. Beating Sheffield United should not be an issue for the North London side and a win this weekend will keep them within two points of league leaders Tottenham.
Arsenal’s injuries and selection:
Jurrien Timber and Thomas Partey are the only two confirmed injury absentees this weekend while Gabriel Jesus will be touch and go.
The Brazilian international scored the winning goal against Sevilla in midweek but then he was subbed off with a possible hamstring injury. He will go through a scan to see the extent of the injury but Jesus himself has claimed that the injury is not serious.
The manager said(via ESPN): “He felt something in his hamstring so let’s see.
“He straight away asked to be subbed, which is not good news because he’s not a player that does that at all, so we’ll have to wait and see in the next few days. [I’m] really sad because he felt something and I’m worried about that.”
Hopefully, Gabriel Jesus is fully fit in which case he will start at the weekend but since joining Arsenal, the striker has become massively injury prone and he even missed the first few weeks of the season due to surgery.
Jorginho has another solid outing in midweek so Mikel Arteta is likely to put his faith in him once again but that’s bad news for Kai Havertz who’s clearly fallen down the pecking order.
Thomas Partey’s injury was a great opportunity for Havertz to come back into the side but at the moment, it’s Jorginho who is playing as the defensive midfielder because Rice has been handed a more advanced position.
Tomiyasu played at left-back as the Arsenal manager rested Zinchenko but the Ukrainian will come back into the starting XI against Sheffield United.
Arsenal predicted line up vs Sheffield United:
Predicted Starting line up(4-3-3): David Raya; Ben White, Gabriel, Saliba, Zinchenko; Rice, Odegaard, Jorginho; Saka, Martinelli, Jesus/Nketiah.
