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Speaking in his weekly Metro column, the former Newcastle striker said: ‘As much as I hope I’m wrong and I really hope I’m wrong, I see Arsenal bouncing back and winning this. I have no confidence in the form Newcastle are in. They need to come out and they need to improve. If they get beat, they have to go down fighting, and I didn’t see that last weekend against Bournemouth.

‘That was the hard thing to take from the defeat. When the managers under pressure and the players are having to prove a point, at least you need show some effort. That was the thing that hurt last weekend, the players have to come out with a response and fight for everything.

‘If they get beat, so be it, but they’ve got to do it with spirit. But I think Arsenal will bounce back with a home win, as much as it pains me to say it, but I hope I’m wrong.’

So Saka is only fit enough for the bench, but one suspects we’ll see him in the second half. Gyokeres stays on the bench, too, with Havertz leading the line once again.

No sign of Calafiori, though, who Arteta said would be fit for this game…

Newcastle United starting XI: Pope; Miley, Thiaw, Botman, Burn; Guimaraes, Tonali, Willock; Ramsey, Osula, Murphy.

Subs: Ramsdale, Trippier, Hall, Wissa, Barnes, Elanga, Woltemade, Murphy, Neave.

Arsenal starting XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie, Rice, Zubimendi, Odegaard, Madueke, Eze, Havertz.

Subs: Kepa, Mosquera, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli, Gyokeres, Trossard, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman.

Confirmed team news should be with us in the next few minutes…

The good news for Arsenal fans is that we’re expecting Bukayo Saka and Riccardo Calafiori to be available again today.

Jurrien Timber will miss out, though.

Newcastle, meanwhile, are without five players for today’s clash, including Anthony Gordon and Tino Livramento.

The sun is belting down in north London. Let’s hope the action on the pitch can match the weather above.

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Arsenal’s clash with Newcastle kicks off at 5:30pm tonight.

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