Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Arsenal could line up for Saturday's Premier League clash with Sunderland.

BUKAYO SAKA was forced to pull out of the Arsenal line-up to face Leeds after suffering a last-minute injury. The Gunners’ talisman, 24, was in line to start on the right hand side of the

Arsenal have extended their lead at the summit of the Premier League with a hard-fought victory over Sunderland. The Gunners took another step towards the title at the Emirates on Saturday afternoon with goals from Martin Zubimendi and a brace from Viktor Gyokeres sealing all three points.

Arsenal fans are used to seeing Declan Rice pushing forward from his role on the left of Arsenal’s midfield three. From early on in this game, it was clear he was deployed deeper. In the absence of Odegaard, Rice and Zubimendi played more as a conventional double-pivot.

ARSENAL boss Mikel Arteta says Myles Lewis-Skelly could get more minutes in midfield in the absence of Mikel Merino. Merino, 29, broke a bone in his foot last month during Arsenal’s 3-2 defeat to

Arsenal hold a narrow 3–2 advantage as they host Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.

Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior is expected to go all out in the must-win second-leg match of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal on Tuesday.

Arsenal, with a one-goal advantage and playing at home, will be favourites to reach next month's showpiece at Wembley as they hope to take another key step in pursuit of ending their long wait for major silverware. Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Mikel Merino all miss out through injury in a triple blow.