Arsenal take on Everton at the Emirates this afternoon, looking to make it three wins in a row after victories over Newcastle and Olympiacos.
Here are today’s official line-ups.
Arsenal: Leno, Bellerin, Mustafi, Luiz, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Ceballos, Ozil, Pepe, Aubameyang, Nketiah
Subs: Martinez, Sokratis, Guendouzi, Torreira, Nelson, Saka, Lacazette
Everton: Pickford, Sidibe, Mina, Holgate, Baines, Delph, Schneiderlin, Iwobi, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin
Subs: Stekelenburg, Keane, Coleman, Gomes, Davies, Bernard, Kean
Looks good
Where’s Martinelli? ?
Interesting question. He is also not listed as injured on the official website.
Harsh Crowd.
Downvoting a guy because he asks a valid question.
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Was only about to ask the same question as well
Arteta is the coach and he knows whom he can trust to get the job done.
I am just a passionate fan, my job is to support Arsenal in every situation.
Let’s go Gunners
Moving words there
Omission of Saka is surprising but let´s win nicely.
3 games in a week might just be a bit too much, Kola much be chomping at the bit!
He’s 18. Should be able to play everyday.
Tell that to Jack Wilshere’s knees and ankles
I might be wrong but wasnt Kola pretty good vs ManU not so long ago? Think he came back early from injury especially for that match.
Auba on the wing again!! Since when has Eddie been a better striker than him?
He isn’t but Auba is effective on the wing and Eddie isn’t
Martinelli is incredibly effective on the wing though?
I’m no expert on tactics or anything but when Henry went to Barca and played under Guardiola, he was almost always used from a left-wing position, and the system was successful. It’s not necessarily a case of shoehorning him in – maybe Arteta just thinks that’s where he’s most useful. Blogs has made the argument that Auba on the left wing is a waste of a player there, but it’s worth pointing out Auba doesn’t exactly boast incredible hold-up skills when played as a striker. It’s why Laca won the player of the year last season; his all-round game is… Read more »
Thanks mate, I’m still not happy though. 🙂
Ye but that was with Ibra through the middle and eto’o as well, slightly different today
He never will be if he doesn’t play. However, the goalscoring position in this set up is the left side forward
Eddie was our worst player against Newcastle. Very unsure about this decision.
I have to say I’m not a fan of starting Nketiah and Kolasinac…
I like Kolasanic, one of our best threats going forward at times
And worst defenders haha!!
And that first goal is evidence in case you needed some ?
I’m sure his resting saka and others for Thursday’s match. It’s more important than 2day
1day I might understand why people write like that
3mendous reply
4FS
If we win this we are 4 points from 5th though?
blogs it should read
Everton: who gives a fuck
Boy had better come good to warrant this. Martinelli deserves a start more than Nketiah in my opinion.
I wonder is Nketiah in for his legs/running ability. Auba and Pepe to provide the goals, Eddie to close the CB’s and stretch the defence
Like the fact that Arteta is really keen to give Eddie game time. Came close last week and hopefully will pay back that trust with a goal today.
Surprised that there’s no Martinelli in the squad. When you consider that him, Willock, AMN, Holding, Tierney, Chambers, Soares und Mari are all not even in the squad you can’t help but think that this team should be so much higher up the table than it actually is. Really hope we’re able to go on a little run now. COYG!
What I get from it is that our squad is too large at the moment, and needs some serious trimming down in the summer.
When all those players are actually in form then the squad is actually really big. It’s just that so many have struggled for that form for long spells this season. I’ll be interesting what kind of response we get from kolasinac today plus the eddie inclusion will either benefit him or really open up laca’s eyes as to upping his level. It’s all good
My only worry is Nketiah; I feel he is yet to find his feet at this level.
COYG
The team is changing now
I’m really sorry for Holding, hi e should get a run in the side. The same for torreira, although I hope he would have started today, maybe he’s still recovering from illness.
Boo mustardfi and boo softy grannyt, they can feck off to the nearest bottom of the table team.
I don’t like this team
Cracking start. FFS
Verily I say unto you, I don’t understand why Nketiah is in the team and Martinelli isn’t.
Nketiah Nketiah Nketiah just show the reason why he is in the line up. But I still feel Martinelli deserves more playing time than him sha
His hold up play is much much better than Martinelli’s
Is that for real? Nketiah having a better hold up play than Martinelli? Am sure you are kidding me
That’s what Saka brings to the table, Arteta!!! Productive movement, speed and excellent delivery into the box!!! Why did it take an injury to Kola for you to see it??!!!
You think Arteta doesn’t know what Saka brings to the table?
If Saka plays 50 games a season and ends up like Wilshire, you’ll probably be one of the first to complain about Arteta’s poor man management and over playing of him
Everton have been fluky bastards with their goals. Our goals pure football fuck me Auba just scored!!!!
Oh it’s SBT (squeaky bum time) with five minutes and additional time
Pants 5 minutes of injury time ☹️
Bernd Leno’s haters are on some strong weed. This guy and Auba have kept us out of the relegation zone.
The big. win big big big win
For the win