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Confirmed Everton v Arsenal line-ups at Goodison Park

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Everton host Arsenal in the Premier League this afternoon.

Everton starting XI: Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne; Gomes, Gueye; Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard; Calvert-Lewin.

Everton substitutes: Stekelenburg, Baines, Jagielka, Davies, Walcott, Lookman, Tosun.

Arsenal starting XI: Leno; Mustafi, Sokratis, Monreal; Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Guendouzi, Kolasinac; Ozil, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette.

Arsenal substitutes: Cech, Lichtsteiner, Jenkinson, Ramsey, Suarez, Iwobi, Aubameyang.

Everton have been in promising form of late, keeping four clean sheets in their last five games, and Marco Silva will be looking for another positive result today.

Jordan Pickford starts in goal, with Seamus Coleman, Michael Keane, Kurt Zouma and Lucas Digne once again making up the back four for Silva.

Andre Gomes and Idrissa Gueye feature in midfield, with Richarlison, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Bernard supporting Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the Everotn attack.

Ex-Arsenal ace Theo Walcott is on the bench, alongside Maarten Stekelenburg, Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka, Tom Davies, Ademola Lookman and Cenk Tosun.

Meanwhile, Arsenal go with Bernd Leno as their goalkeeper, with Nacho Monreal, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and ex-Everton youngster Shkodran Mustafi in their back three.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Sead Kolasinac feature as wing backs, with Mohamed Elneny and Matteo Guendouzi starting in the heart of Unai Emery’s midfield.

Mesut Ozil starts, joining Henrikh Mkhitaryan in supporting lone striker Alexandre Lacazette, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang once again left on the Arsenal bench today.

Petr Cech, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Carl Jenkinson, Aaron Ramsey, Denis Suarez and Alex Iwobi join Aubameyang on the bench.