For the first time this season Unai Emery has unleashed his dynamic front three from the off and it is a decision that has certainly gone down well with Arsenal fans.
The frontline of club record signing Nicolas Pepe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette had not started since the former's £72million move from Lille but Emery has chosen the north London derby to unite the three in what appears likely to be a 4-3-3 formation with a powerful, dynamic midfield in behind.
Pepe will almost certainly play off the right with Aubameyang tasked with darting in from the other flank and Lacazette functioning as the point man in the middle.
To make way for the returning Lacazette, left among the substitutes in the defeat at Liverpool, Joe Willock has dropped to the bench whilst Dani Ceballos is also dropped from the side that lost at Anfield. In his place comes Lucas Torreira.
The only other change sees Sead Kolasinac replace Nacho Monreal, who has left Arsenal for Real Sociedad.
Doing without Ceballos and Mesut Ozil, who was named on the bench, is perhaps the only contentious decision that Emery has made in a side that has proven hugely popular among supporters on social media.
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