Arsenal lineup vs. Fulham confirmed: Myles Lewis-Skelly in midfield as Mikel Arteta makes five changes

Arsenal and Fulham person revealed their confirmed starting lineups for Saturday's Premier League London derby astatine the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners tin determination six points wide of Manchester City astatine the apical of the Premier League table with a win, but Mikel Arteta besides has Tuesday's Champions League semi-final 2nd limb with Atletico Madrid successful his sights.

Arsenal's La Liga-based opponents could spend to marque 11 changes for their contention with Valencia connected Saturday, though Arteta has inactive made 5 alterations to his starting lineup for the London derby.

Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori, Leandro Trossard, Eberechi Eze and Myles Lewis-Skelly person each travel into the XI, with Noni Madueke, Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Zubimendi, Piero Hincapie and Martin Odegaard making way.

Lewis-Skelly is expected to commencement successful the near 8 relation with Rice successful the holding position, but Odegaard is omitted from the squad with an evident wounded sustained successful the archetypal limb with Atletico this week.

Arteta replied "let's see" erstwhile asked if Odegaard would beryllium acceptable for the sojourn of Fulham, but determination were nary superior concerns astir his availability astatine the time.

Arsenal vs. Fulham: Marco Silva makes unexpected alteration for Premier League fixture

On Fulham's end, Marco Silva has made 2 changes to the broadside that overcame Aston Villa 1-0 past play - 1 expected and 1 unexpected.

Ryan Sessegnon sustained a muscular wounded aft scoring the victor past weekend, and the ex-Tottenham Hotspur left-back drops retired for Antonee Robinson.

The Cottagers brag has besides promoted Harrison Reed into the midfield successful spot of Sander Berge, who is not successful the squad for the travel to the Emirates; it is unclear if the Norwegian is injured oregon ill.

Former Arsenal academy merchandise Alex Iwobi remains retired done injury, but Emile Smith Rowe and Bernd Leno some enactment up from the commencement against their erstwhile employers.

While the hosts could spell six points wide astatine the apical of the table, Fulham volition leapfrog European rivals Chelsea and Bournemouth with a daze triumph astatine the Emirates.

However, the Cottagers person ne'er managed to bushed Arsenal successful an distant league crippled successful their full history, suffering 25 defeats and playing retired 7 draws successful 32 specified contests.

Arsenal lineup: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Eze, Rice, Lewis-Skelly; Saka, Gyokeres, Trossard

Subs: Kepa, Mosquera, Hincapie, Jesus, Martinelli, Norgaard, Madueke, Zubimendi, Dowman 

Fulham lineup: Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Reed, Lukic; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Chukwueze; Jimenez

Subs: Lecomte, Tete, Diop, Cuenca, Cairney, King, Bobb, Muniz, Kusi-Asare