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Arsenal start the new Premier League campaign tonight with an away trip to London rivals Crystal Palace. Saliba, Jesus and Zinchenko are set for Gunners ...

Up front, Gabriel Jesus is expected to lead the line on his Gunners debut. Attack: Similar to the midfield, Arteta now has a regular attacking quartet, who could start most games this campaign. Defence: In front of Ramsdale, we could see a familiar line-up from the last two pre-season outings.

Arsenal could welcome back Fabio Vieira, Kieran Tierney and Takehiro Tomiyasu against Crystal Palace this evening, but Emile Smith Rowe is poised to miss ...

“If everything goes well they will be available for selection in the squad. Hopefully they are going to start to recover, because they have been missing a lot of minutes and time in pre-season. When asked on Thursday about the fitness of the Arsenal quartet, Arteta said: “Well three out of four of those, probably they are going to be training this afternoon.

In today's Fiver: Amazon video sensation Mikel Arteta, Chelsea b@ntz and, yes, the Premier League is back.

A club representing the city of the Sun King; and a club where stars are stars and coaches are optional. Eddie Howe showed he can multitask by inking his name all over a long-term Newcastle deal while also warning fans that FFP will put the brakes on the club’s spending. “Big Website’s analysis of the Premier League teams’ chances this season has been interesting, but wordy. Martin Tyler has apologised after appearing to link the Hillsborough disaster with hooliganism. All a bit obvious, but at least this season we get to have a break while the top players sweat buckets in a hot place” – John Lawton. “They have been inspired by top players, top professionals, ruthless winners for many years … and now it’s their turn to do the same. I guess Sky Sports are giving teams £5bn to provide TV coverage for the same people that were watching Division One in 1992” – Graham Haslam. We’ve lined up the essentials – tin hat, Tin – and will be foregoing the not inconsiderable pleasure of George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations on 4Seven so that we can watch Crystal Palace v Arsenal. There’s been a remarkable renovation – pick that segue out – at Arsenal. According to our chirpy and occasionally decipherable nephew #5r, they’ve already won pre-season. No wonder their fans are daring to dream that, if all goes to plan, this could finally be the year they reach the promised land of fourth place. Never mind winning – one of Arsenal’s challenges is to start drawing. The best league in the world at saying it’s the best league in the world returns to our orbit on Friday night, and The Fiver is ready. But these are upbeat times at the Emirates, even by traditional opening-weekend standards, and we wouldn’t be doing our reliably half-@rsed job if we didn’t acknowledge as much.

Patrick Vieira is looking forward to a big fight from his players when they take on Arsenal later tonight.

We will play with a lot of determination, desire, compete as best we can and of course try to win the game.” “I don’t think the pressure will be more on their side than our side. “It’s the first game of the season so both teams will compete to win the game.

All the facts, stats, opposition info and quotes you need to get yourself ready for tonight's season opener in south London.

Last year at home with the support we had we had some really good matches, and it will be important to keep it that way.” Nick Bright and Adrian Clarke will be providing live analysis from our brand new studio at Emirates Stadium, while Frimmy grabs the views of our supporters from Selhurst Park. They have the squad to challenge and be closer to the title. They last had a longer unbeaten home run in the top-flight between March - August 1992, while they’ve never kept six consecutive home clean sheets in the top division. A mixture of first-team and academy players weren’t discredited in defeats to Liverpool and Manchester United, before drawing against Leeds United. The rest of their recruits seemingly look to be about building depth, with American defender Chris Richards arriving from Bayern Munich, teenager Malcolm Ebiowei plucked from cash-strapped Derby County, and former England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone snapped up on a free.

The 2022/23 season kicks off at Selhurst Park as Palace host the Gunners.

They confidently picked Crystal Palace apart and scored a brilliantly worked set piece in the first half to give them the lead. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I’ve waited a long time to make my debut and I’m happy to start with a clean sheet and a win. Not to mention the man of the match award. A Brazilian named Gabriel did indeed open Arsenal’s Premier League account and although it may have been Martinelli who was the match-winner after finishing off a smart set-piece routine, the front line led by Jesus sparkled in this early examination of Mikel Arteta’s side. Another recent arrival - although signed three years apart - was just as key.