Arsenal

The Citizens have performed well in the top flight in the opening stages of the season, but they head into this latest match on the back of a disappointing showing in their Champions League opener in midweek

The North London club were marching towards a dominant victory on Thursday when Mesut Ozil put them 4-0 ahead but two goals in the last 14 minutes from the visitors left Arsenal without a clean sheet this season.

Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had team-mate Alex Iwobi creasing with laughter with what he said on the training ground.

Gazidis will start work as AC Milan chief executive on December 1.

A quickfire first-half double from Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling put the Red Devils on their way to three points which see them move level with Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur

Granit Xhaka and Mesut Ozil - on his 200th Arsenal appearance - netted early in the second half and although Newcastle halved the deficit through Ciaran Clark in added-on time, Arsenal were full value for the three points.

Arsenal will be looking to maintain their upward trajectory when they make the trip north to face Newcastle United at St James' Park this afternoon.

The Hale End Academy product was not involved in Nigeria's convincing 3-0 win over Seychelles in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier and the recent game vs Liberia due to injury, though he was initially named on the roster.

The Ballon d'Or winner, who is now president of the country, was given the chance to wear his preferred No 14 shirt one last time in a friendly match with Nigeria. 

Alexandre Lacazette scored the winner as Arsenal made it back-to-back Premier League victories with a 3-2 success away to Cardiff City on Sunday.

Cardiff twice came from behind to level the scores

The Gunners make the trip to South Wales having failed to keep a clean sheet since the arrival of Unai Emery, but the North London outfit did register a 3-1 victory over West Ham United last weekend

The Blues have yet to drop a point under new manager Maurizio Sarri, but their opponents are also in good form after making an unbeaten start to the campaign and have a good recent record at this ground

Emery replaced Arsene Wenger in the dugout at the Emirates Stadium earlier this summer, and it appears that the Spaniard has opted to make alterations to how things work at Colney.

Both sides have suffered back-to-back defeats under their new managers and are in desperate need of a confidence-boosting result today. 

Pellegrini last weekend noted that a lot of supporters at the London Stadium left early as West Ham let a one-goal lead slip to suffer a 1-2 defeat by Bournemouth.

The movie, now trending on social media, features Iwobi being pursued all over the place, apparently because of choices he made in the movie.

Nigerian international, Alex Iwobi, was on target in Arsenal 2-3 loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Unai Emery will be hoping to get his Arsenal tenure up and running at the second attempt when his side take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge this evening.

Simeone is suspended from the touchline for the match after being sent off in the UEFA Europa League semi-final match against Arsenal.