Arsenal are back in action this afternoon as they host Tottenham Hotspur in the first North London derby of the season – here is their predicted lineup…
The Gunners have won their last two Premier League games, beating both Norwich City and Burnley 1-0.
Add in a Carabao Cup win over AFC Wimbledon and things are just starting to look a little better for Mikel Arteta’s side.
Beating Tottenham would really help the mood too, and Arteta will have plenty of decisions to make…
Arsenal predicted lineup against Tottenham
Aaron Ramsdale has displaced Bernd Leno in the Arsenal goal and will surely start today’s game.
Ben White and Gabriel Magalhaes formed a strong partnership against Burnley and look set to start again.
There shouldn’t be much change at full back either. Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney will take some displacing from Arteta’s side.
Midfield may be where changes come. Arteta went with Thomas Partey as a lone holder at Burnley, with Emile Smith Rowe and Martin Odegaard further forward.
It would be a surprise to see Arteta go that gung-ho against Tottenham. Bringing the more experienced Granit Xhaka in alongside Partey makes sense, with Smith Rowe dropping out.
That would then leave Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Nicolas Pepe to support Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang up top.
Arsenal predicted lineup: Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney; Partey, Xhaka; Pepe, Odegaard, Saka; Aubameyang.
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