🕟 Kick Off: 15:00 GMT

📍 Location: Emirates Stadium, North London

📺 UK Broadcaster: N/A

🙎🏻‍♂️ Referee: Craig Pawson

🔴 Arsenal Team News:

• Gabriel, Zinchenko, and Calafiori both face a late fitness test after missing the Monaco game.
• Tomiyasu and Ben White remain absent.

⚽ Arsenal Form: 🟩🟧🟩🟩🟩

🔵 Everton Team News:

• Iroegbunam (foot), Alli (thigh) and Garner (back) will miss the game through injury.
• Chermiti featured in a behind closed doors friendly for Everton and will likely be fit for this game.

⚽ Everton Form: 🟥🟧🟧🟥🟩

⚔️ Head-to-Head:

• Arsenal 2-1 Everton (19th May 2024, Premier League)
• Everton 0-1 Arsenal ( 17th Sept 2023, Premier League)
• Arsenal 4-0 Everton (1st Mar 2023, Premier League)
• Everton 1-0 Arsenal (4th Feb 2023, Premier League)
• Arsenal 5-1 Everton (22nd May 2022, Premier League)

📖 Match Facts:

• Everton haven’t played a competitive game of football since the 4th of December, where they beat Wolves 4-0 at home.
• Everton have scored 5 points away from home this season, with their only win being at Ipswich.
• Only Southampton, who are bottom of the table, have scored fewer goals this season than Everton.
• The last time Everton won at the Emirates was in April 2021 (behind closed doors), which ended 0-1 due to a Leno howler.

🎲 Odds (Betway):

• Arsenal – 2/9
• Draw – 5/1
• Everton – 12/1

✍🏼 Pre-Match Ramblings

The facts above tell you all you need to know about this game, and the salient fact is this: Arsenal should win this game comfortably. Will we? Who knows. Arsenal have been very unpredictable this season, but I’m not sure we’re at a point where we would lose to Everton at home.

As our injuries keep coming, so to do the solutions. Kiwior is growing in confidence and ability with every game that he plays in the stead of Gabriel. MLS had an excellent showing at left back midweek against Monaco, and you have to imagine that Arteta will be tempted to hand him another start at left back with Timber returning to his best position at right back. Our right side looks far better with Timber (or the injured White) at right back, and our left side looked brilliant with Merino and MLS, with Rice anchoring the midfield. It really felt like we found something that worked against Monaco, and I personally and hoping to see it again.

I expect to see Havertz return to his #9 position over the out of form Jesus, who had a pretty poor showing in the Champions League. Nothing is going in for him, and he isn’t lighting up the world outside of the box either. The left wing position is one that seems to change every game. It’s hard to call who will start each game between Trossard and Martinelli, whatever one starts, we seem to be lacking on the left.