Arsenal lineup vs. Chelsea: Predicted XI after Declan Rice, Cristhian Mosquera injury updates

By Ben Knapton | 04 Sep 2026 11:00, Last updated: 04 Sep 2026 11:10

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has received mixed wounded quality connected Declan Rice and Cristhian Mosquera up of Sunday's Premier League showdown with Chelsea astatine the Emirates Stadium.

Neither antheral was capable to implicit the afloat 90 successful Monday's 1-0 triumph implicit Aston Villa, and Mosquera was absent from squad grooming connected Thursday, but Rice was capable to instrumentality part.

Mosquera has not been definitively ruled retired of the London derby, but the doorway has surely swung unfastened for Ezri Konsa to marque his afloat Arsenal debut, arsenic William Saliba (back) is inactive months distant from a return.

Arteta is besides expected to header without Jurrien Timber (groin) for a small portion longer, truthful Ben White's spot astatine right-back is safe, arsenic is the left-back relation for Premier League Player of the Month nominee Riccardo Calafiori.

Bruno Guimaraes was besides missing from signifier successful midweek, truthful Myles Lewis-Skelly's spot is successful nary danger, and Rice should beryllium fixed the thumbs-up to spouse his compatriot successful the treble pivot.

Two for 2 successful presumption of Premier League games and goals, Bukayo Saka could go the archetypal Arsenal subordinate since Alexandre Lacazette successful 2020-21 to people successful their opening 3 matches of a campaign.

The England planetary is expected to diagnostic alongside Martin Odegaard, Christos Tzolis and Kai Havertz successful an unchanged attack, albeit 1 weakened by the exits of Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus and Ethan Nwaneri.

Arsenal imaginable starting lineup:

Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Lewis-Skelly, Rice; Saka, Odegaard, Tzolis; Havertz

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