Arsenal They will look to close the gap at the top of the table with a victory over Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon.
The Gunners maintained their unbeaten start in the new first division season with a close 2-2 draw against city of manchester last weekend. Despite playing with 10 men for over 50 minutes, Arsenal held firm but were denied a big win thanks to a dramatic 98th-minute equalizer from City, which left them two points behind the champions heading into the match. the action of the weekend.
Arsenal booked their place in the fourth round of the EFL Cup with a 5-1 win over Bolton in midweek and Mikel Arteta He has called up several of his first team's regulars today.
David Raya was a doubt after suffering a muscle knock against City, but the Spaniard is fit to start in goal this afternoon. However, Ben White is ruled out with a groin injury, so Jurrien Timber comes in at right back while Riccardo Calafiori gets the nod at left back.
William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes are called up today to start in the middle of Arsenal's defence, while Thomas Partey replaces Jorginho in the holding role in front of the back four.
Declan Rice He retains his place in midfield, while Leandro Trossard is called up to fill the attacking midfield role in the absence of captain Martin Odegaard, who is still recovering from an ankle injury.
Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli occupy the Arsenal side positions with Kai Havertz called to start above. Therefore, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling drops to the bench after starting in midweek.
As for Leicester, Jamie Vardy starts in attack while Oliver Skipp and Harry Winks line up in midfield.
Here are the confirmed lineups:
Arsenal
stripe; Wood, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Partey, Trossard; Saka, Martinelli, Havertz.
Substitutes: Neto, Nichols, Kiwior, Kacurri, Lewis-Skelly, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Sterling, Jesús.
leicester
Hermansen; Justin, Okoli, Faes, Kristiansen; Winks, Skipp, Ndidi; Buonanotte, Vardy, Mavididi
Substitutes: Ward, Coady, Pereira, El Khannous, Choudhury, Fatawu, Decordova-Reid, Ayew, Edouard
