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Arteta makes 8 changes, 20-year-old starts: Arsenal’s predicted XI vs Leicester

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Arsenal face Leicester City in the early kick-off on Saturday and remarkably, a big enough win against the Foxes would put the Gunners into the top four, well, at least temporarily.

Granted, the Gunners will need to put nine past the Foxes in order to overtake West Ham, but as ever in football, stranger things have happened.

Of course, Arsenal aren’t coming into this game looking for a 9-0 win, we’re absolutely sure they’d take a scrappy 1-0 against an in-form side, but in order to get the win, Mikel Arteta has to get his team selection spot on.

With that in mind, we’ve had a go at predicting Arsenal’s starting XI for this one.

We think that Mikel Arteta will make a massive eight changes from the side that started against Leeds in the Carabao Cup.

The 11 that faced off against the Elland Road outfit was heavily rotated, so normal service is resuming somewhat here.

Aaron Ramsdale returns in goal, while Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel and Nuno Tavares make up the back four.

Albert Sambi Lokonga and Thomas Partey act as the midfield pivot, while there are still question marks around Martin Odegaard’s fitness, so Emile Smith Rowe moves to the number 10 spot.

Nicolas Pepe and Bukayo Saka start on the wings, while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gets the nod up top.

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