Arteta makes a change as ace makes his 4th start of 2022: Arsenal’s predicted XI vs Leeds

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Arsenal face Leeds this weekend as both teams continue to fight at either end of the table.

The Gunners remain in the race for the top four, while Leeds United are very much embroiled in a relegation battle.

Understandably, the London club head into this one as firm favourites, but with Leeds losing just one of their last six games, this won’t be a walk in the park for Mikel Arteta’s side.

Indeed, Leeds have the ability to pull results from out of nowhere, and if the Gunners are to win here, they’ll need to be close to their best.

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 just one change from the team that beat West Ham last weekend.

Ben White remains a doubt for this match so Rob Holding starts alongside Gabriel at centre-half.

Meanwhile, Takehiro Tomiyasu starts again at right-back after recovering from injury. This would be just the fourth start of 2022 for the Japan international after a litany of injuries.

The only change in this side comes at left-back. We expect Cedric Soares to start as Mikel Arteta looks to nullify the threat posed by Raphinha. After all, Nuno Tavares can be more than a little suspect defensively.

The rest of the team remains the same from the West Ham game with Granit Xhaka and Mohamed Elneny in the midfield and a trio of Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli starting behind Eddie Nketiah.

Nketiah is certainly one to watch here. The English striker has been in fine form and as he comes up against the club he was once on loan at, he may feel he has a point to prove.