Arsenal need a home win against league contenders Ipswich to climb back into second place and get closer to Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Mikel Arteta’s side go into Friday night’s game nine points behind the Reds – and have no room for error against the Tractor Boys.
How will the home team cope without Bukayo Saka on the wing?
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Arsenal team news
Striker Gabriel Jesus has scored five goals in his last two games for Arsenal and starts up front, while Leandro Trossard follows in Bukayo Saka’s footsteps.
Declan Rice is back and youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly is back in defense.
🔴 TEAM NEWS ⚪️
💪 Lewis-Skelly remains a left-back
🔙 Rice returns to the starting lineup
🪄 Trossard on the wingLet’s do this, Gunners 👊
– Arsenal (@Arsenal) December 27, 2024
Arsenal XI: David Raya, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Gabriel Magalhães, William Saliba, Jurriën Timber, Kai Havertz, Declan Rice, Martin Ødegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard
Ipswich team news
Ipswich may have started to find some form away from home, but they haven’t won a game against a team in the Premier League’s top four since 1995 and haven’t won at Arsenal since Sir Bobby Robson took charge in 1979.
Kalvin Phillips gets a chance in midfield as Sam Morsy is suspended.
Your blues in the capital. 🫡#ARCHIVE | @Nustone_UK pic.twitter.com/GYhH7UxvQQ
— IPSWICH TOWN (@IpswichTown) December 27, 2024
Ipswich XI: Arijanet Muric, Leif Davis, Jacob Greaves, Luke Woolfenden, Dara O’Shea, Jens Cajuste, Kalvin Phillips, Sam Szmodics, Omari Hutchinson, Ben Johnson, Liam Delap
