Arsenal lineup vs. Everton: Predicted XI for Premier League clash including Myles Lewis-Skelly decision

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has a huge call to make on the left-hand side of the backline for Saturday's Premier League encounter with Everton at the Emirates.

The Gunners boss is sure to be without long-term knee victims Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ben White again, alongside Riccardo Calafiori (knee) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (muscle), but Gabriel Magalhaes (unspecified) is now back in training and could be involved.

With neither Zinchenko nor Calafiori available, either Myles Lewis-Skelly or Jurrien Timber should fill the void at left-back; Kieran Tierney remains out in the cold despite being handed a lifeline by Arteta.

Lewis-Skelly was given the nod for Wednesday's 3-0 Champions League success against Monaco, where he put in a brilliant shift and recorded a slick pre-assist for Bukayo Saka's first goal of the evening.

The teenager was handed his opportunity after Timber missed training on Tuesday for unexplained reasons, but the Dutchman is now expected to displace Lewis-Skelly in an otherwise unchanged defence.

Thomas Partey will continue in his makeshift right-back role if Timber bombs down the left, while Gabriel's recovery could push Jakub Kiwior back down to the bench.

Arteta should see no need to alter the midfield trio of Mikel Merino, Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard, but a couple of changes up top can be expected, barring the indispensable Saka of course.

Neither Gabriel Jesus nor Gabriel Martinelli cut the mustard against Monaco - the latter was fortunate not to be sent off - so Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard are now primed to return to the fold.

Arsenal possible starting lineup: Raya; Partey, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Saka, Havertz, Trossard

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