Arsenal will be looking to end their winless run when they arrive at the Villa Park to take on Unai Emery’s Aston Villa side.
The Gunners were missing Thomas Partey in midweek when we were beaten by Manchester City, and it remains to be seen whether he will be able to feature this afternoon.
We also remain without both Mo Elneny and Gabriel Jesus who continue on the sidelines, but there has been a positive note from Mikel Arteta’s pre-match conference, with Emile Smith Rowe a possible inclusion in the playing squad.
Predicted Arsenal XI:
Ramsdale
White Saliba Gabriel Zinchenko
Jorginho Odegaard Xhaka
Saka Nketiah Martinelli
Despite being on the losing end, we were arguably the better side for much of the match, and I’d be happy to see us name an unchanged XI, although as you can see above, I have brought Ben White back into the fold. Jorginho was one of our better performers against Pep Guardiola’s side, and there should be no issues with him continuing in Partey’s place, assuming the Ghanaian isn’t back to 100% just yet.
Do you think it is time for Martinelli to be replaced by Leandro Trossard? Would you prefer Tomiyasu to White down the right?
Patrick
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It’s a must win game. I like the idea of Trossard getting a lot more minutes.
The Game against Man City was well played. Let us take the blame where it was, we were let down by defensive mistakes, on De Brouna goal and the last goal. The defenders should have cleared the ball on touch line.
White and Tierney to return to the back four with Trossard in for Martinelli on the left wing. I’d like to see Martinelli replacing Nketiah but don’t think Arteta will rotate that far in a game if this importance. We must get back to traditional overlapping fullbacks though instead of persisting with this predictable inverted fullbacks game which some on here are obsessed with.
Nketiah is a confidence player and that is clearly ‘shot’. We play him at our peril. Play Tierney on the left, Martinelli in the middle, Trossard in the pocket. ‘If things don’t change they stay as they are’. We are in a small rut and need to freshen up. We CAN still win the PL, but not by still playing the same tired team/same formula.
I think Mikel Arteta needs to shut his trap up when it comes to criticising the Premier League over the schedule of matches. All this whining and whinging is only sending negative vibes to his players. If you can’t stand the heat, “get out of the kitchen and manage Leicester City”. So what if it’s a 12 o’clock match. This is elite sport at its best. He knew this would happen. There will be no excuses whatsoever
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Play Zinchenko to rest Xhaka & bring in Tierney & Trossard on the left & Martinelli thru the middle for Eddie
GAZZA
I agree 100%
martinelli to continue
Tierney to start
smitt rowe coming on
Aston Villa will suffer latest home defeat to day
After seeing how arsenal played against City – I know this I know this will sound strange – I have no doubts that arsenal is going to win the league and I say that with 100% confidence. I know we lost against last seasons champions but they is something I saw…..
I don’t like nketia not as a person but him playing as a striker for us. I would prefer matinelli attacking
White to replace Tommi, Martinelli as CF and Trossard out wide left. Hopefully ESR is back and gets some minutes. 🤞his injury problems are over.
Big game today, a big reset needed and a win. Last thing we need is Arteta getting another defeat from the man he replaced, especially after the time we have had to get where we are. This needs to be an Arsenal win for many reasons.
This goes to arsenal fan’s wait for another defeat coz the players of arsenal the moment they loss they can’t continue to play well to remove that defeat they just slow down completely ,and that’s becoz of little faith they have