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Arsenal predicted XI vs Everton as Viktor Gyokeres decision made and Riccardo Calafiori starts

How football.london's Ryan Taylor believes Arsenal will set up against Everton on Saturday

Viktor Gyokeres

Arsenal are back in Premier League action at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon when they will battle Everton, who suffered their first top-flight defeat of the season last weekend against Chelsea.

Mikel Arteta has plenty to consider for his starting XI following Wednesday's hard-fought 2-2 draw against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

In goal, there will be no surprises with Yashin Trophy nominee David Raya set to keep his place between the sticks following a strong display in Germany.

At right-back, Ben White is likely to come back in for Jurrien Timber as Arsenal continue to protect both players' workloads. Ezri Konsa and Gabriel Magalhaes should keep their places at the heart of the Gunners' defence.

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At left-back, there's some debate about who will start. football.london asked Arteta on Friday whether Riccardo Calafiori would be ready to start his third game in a row given he's been protected in recent seasons due to various niggles.

He said: "Yeah, he's ready [Calafiori]. I think Ricci is in a different place because he had a full pre-season as well. And he's been available for every match. And Piero [Hincapie], he's trained with us and is available for tomorrow as well."

While Hincapie is back, he's unlikely to start but Myles Lewis-Skelly is in contention. We expect Calafiori to get the nod at left-back and potentially, MLS to start in midfield alongside Declan Rice.

Bruno Guimaraes has started the last three games but hasn't set the world of alight. Arsenal play Fleetwood Town in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday evening so Arteta will get the chance to shuffle the pack then.

Myles Lewis-Skelly

Myles Lewis-Skelly could start for Arsenal in midfield or at left-back

Nonetheless, in attack, the team virtually picks itself following Bukayo Saka's quad injury. Noni Madueke will start on the right, Max Dowman could get minutes from the bench, too.

Martin Odegaard will feature as the attacking midfielder with Eberechi Eze set for a big opportunity on the left. While he was poor at Nottingham Forest, he still has two goals in his past three games. Christos Tzolis is closing in on a return but is not expected to be ready just yet.

Then at centre-forward there's a big choice to be made. Kai Havertz has been really poor in recent weeks following his return from a hamstring issue sustained with Germany.

Viktor Gyokeres also made a big impression from the bench in Munich, assisting Rice's equaliser. He deserves a chance and this could be his opening having scored in each of Arsenal's two wins over Everton last season. They were big goals and that's something that might work in his favour when Arteta is weighing up his options.

Predicted Arsenal XI vs Everton: Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Lewis-Skelly; Madueke, Odegaard, Eze; Gyokeres.

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