Arsenal head coach Unai Emery has named a front three of Nicolas Pepe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette for the north London derby.
The trio, on whom Arsenal have spent a combined £170million, start together for the first time after Lacazette was benched in the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool. His return to the squad, along with Lucas Torreira's, sees Dani Ceballos and Joe Willock drop out of the XI.
Mesut Ozil is in a matchday squad for the first time but is confined to the substitutes bench.
Emery's first north London derby ended in exceptional fashion, a second-half comeback earning Arsenal a 4-2 win that represents the high watermark of his time in the job.
"The intensity [last season] was very important but they are also going to try to play with their identity and we need to impose our gameplan against them, knowing it's going to be difficult," he said. "We need to look at our positioning offensively and defensively.
"Above all, we need to play each ball, each metre, each minute with that intensity. After, we need to be clever when we have the ball and are in good situations to make the difference against them. Also, I think it's a very, very big challenge for us and it's a very, very good moment, a good match and the possibility of winning against them on Sunday gives a chance for good success.
"We also remember that last year we finished behind them with only one-point difference in 38 matches. We are going to play against the Champions League finalists and there are a lot of positives for us, for our supporters, to enjoy that match on Sunday."
Arsenal XI: Leno; Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Luiz, Kolasinac' Xhaka, Torreira, Guendouzi, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
