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Evening Standard
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Simon Collings

How will Arsenal line up vs Burnley? Alexandre Lacazette set to return as Nicolas Pepe and David Luiz wait

After keeping a clean sheet at Newcastle in their opening game of the season you would expect head coach Unai Emery to keep faith with the same back four against Burnley, although David Luiz is someone who could be drafted in for his Arsenal debut.

In midfield, fitness concerns over Granit Xhaka should see Lucas Torreira get a first start of the season, but he will be pushed for a place by Dani Ceballos.

Attack is where there is likely to be the most changes. Nicolas Pepe is nearing full fitness, while Mesut Ozil is also available again.

However, Joe Willock and Reiss Nelson deserve to keep their places after the win at Newcastle and instead Henrikh Mkhitaryan could give way for Alexandre Lacazette.

That would shift Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang out to the left and Nelson to the right, with Lacazette left to the lead line after returning to full fitness once again.

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Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Maitland-Niles, Chambers, Sokratis, Monreal; Guendouzi, Torreira; Nelson, Willock, Aubameyang; Lacazette

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