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Arsenal will be looking to keep the pressure on Liverpool in their seemingly futile pursuit of the Reds in the Premier League title race when they take on Everton at Goodison Park.
Liverpool’s 1-0 win in the Merseyside derby stretched their advantage over Arsenal back to 12 points.
The Gunners can trim it back to nine by beating the same opposition, but realistically this game may be more about Arsenal building momentum ahead of their Champions League tie with Real Madrid than any fading domestic ambitions.
Check out the confirmed team news for the 12:30pm kick-off.
Everton team news
David Moyes makes three changes from the side that lost at Anfield.
Iliman Ndiaye made his return from a knee injury against Liverpool and, after coming on the bench in that defeat, moves into the starting XI on the left-hand side in place of Charly Alcaraz.
Tim Iroegbunam replaces James Garner in midfield while James Patterson comes in for Vitalii Mykolenko at right-back.
Dwight McNeil is on the bench for the Toffees, having spent the last four months out with a knee injury.
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— Everton (@Everton) April 5, 2025
Everton: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Patterson, Gueye, Iroegbunam, Doucoure, Harrison, Ndiaye, Beto.
Subs: Virginia, Coleman, Young, Keane, Garner, McNeil, Alcaraz, Broja, Chermiti.
Arsenal team news
Perhaps with one eye on their first leg with Madrid at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, Arsenal have once again left Bukayo Saka on the bench.
Saka made a goalscoring return as a substitute in Arsenal’s midweek win over Fulham following a prolonged lay-off with a hamstring injury.
His wait to return to the starting XI will last at least a few more days, with Leandro Trossard and Raheem Sterling coming in as part of five changes by Mikel Arteta.
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🔙 White returns
©️ Jorginho skippers the side
⚡️ Trossard leads the lineLet’s do this, Gunners 👊
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 5, 2025
Jorginho steps into the Arsenal midfield, as Thomas Partey drops to the bench along with Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard.
At the back, Jakob Kiwior replaces Gabriel, who is out for the rest of the season, at centre-half. Ben White makes his first league start since November at right-back in place of Jurrien Timber.
Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly, Jorginho, Merino, Rice, Nwaneri, Trossard, Sterling.
Subs: Neto, Timber, Tierney, Zinchenko, Partey, Gower, Odegaard, Martinelli, Saka.