
Arsenal left it till the last minute to rescue a point in their last match against Fulham, a situation that keeps them at No 9. Against the Merseyside side tonight by 8pm, they will have to up their game as victory will see them replace their visitors at the eighth spot.
Arsenal will be without forwards Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette for the visit of Everton.
Captain Aubameyang is still recovering from malaria, while Lacazette is out with a hamstring injury.
On-loan Real Madrid midfielder, Martin Odegaard is a doubt with an ankle injury while defenders David Luiz and Kieran Tierney (both knee) remain sidelined.
Everton, on the other way round, is boosted by the return of five players. Leading scorer Dominic Calvert-Lewin, defender Yerry Mina and midfielder Andre Gomes could all come straight back into the side.
Midfielder Fabian Delph and forward Bernard are also fit again, leaving just Abdoulaye Doucoure (ankle) and Jean-Philippe Gbamin (knee) on the injured list.
Arsenal is unbeaten in their last 24 Premier League home games against Everton(W20-Â Â Â D4) since a 1-2 loss at Highbury in January 1996.
- Everton is looking to complete their first league double over Arsenal since the 1985-86 season, following their 2-1 win at Goodison Park in December.
- This will be the 200th top-flight meeting between Arsenal and Everton – the Gunners have won 98 of the 199 so far, more than any side has beaten another in top-flight history.
- Arsenal has never lost in nine previous Premier League games played on Fridays (W7 D2), the most a team has played on a specific day of the week without ever losing. These games have produced 42 goals in total (4.7 per game), with the Gunners scoring 28 and conceding 14.
- Following their 2-2 draw with Spurs last week, Everton will become just the second team to play on consecutive Fridays in the Premier League, after Arsenal did so in April 2004 (4-2 v Liverpool, 5-0 v Leeds).
- Arsenal has kept just three clean sheets at home in the Premier League this season, with only Everton, Sheffield United (two each), and Newcastle (one) keeping fewer. The Gunners have conceded the first goal in each of their last four Premier League home games.
- Everton’s last three league games have all ended level, with the Toffees last drawing four consecutive Premier League matches back in November 2012 under David Moyes.
- Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored in all three of his Premier League home appearances against Everton (4 goals in total), including his first-ever strike for the Gunners in February 2018.
- Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson has been involved in five goals in his last seven Premier League games (3 goals, 2 assists), as many as in his previous 23 in the competition.