Predicted Arsenal lineup and XI vs Tottenham as Mikel Arteta makes three changes after Gabriel Jesus’ injury

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The 197th North London Derby is upon us as Tottenham Hotspur travel to the Emirates Stadium to take on Arsenal.

The Gunners have a phenomenal recent record against Spurs. They are unbeaten in their last five games and will once again be the favourites to pick up all three points.

However, Arsenal have a few big problems. They already had plenty of injury issues, but now, Gabriel Jesus is set to be out for a while after hurting his knee against Manchester United.

That complicates things for Mikel Arteta, who now has to find a different solution in attack to get the better of Tottenham on Wednesday night.

Predicted Arsenal lineup vs Tottenham

Arsenal’s XI vs Manchester United was nowhere near their full-strength lineup, but they were still the better side by a mile.

Against Spurs, we expect Arteta to go a lot stronger by making three changes.

David Raya is set to continue in goal and we think the same back four that started against United will get the nod once again – Jurrien Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes and Myles Lewis-Skelly.

In midfield, we expect two changes from Arteta – Declan Rice and Thomas Partey to come in to replace Jorginho and Mikel Merino.

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Martin Odegaard came under some undeserved criticism against Manchester United, but he is set to start again when Spurs come to town.

In attack, we expect Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz to keep their place in the side, but on the right flank, we think Raheem Sterling will start after his eye-catching display in the FA Cup.

Predicted Arsenal lineup vs Tottenham: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Partey, Rice, Odegaard, Martinelli, Havertz, Sterling

What happened in the last five North London Derbies?

Some Arsenal fans will make it seem like the Gunners are having a disastrous season, but it could be worse – they could be as bad as Tottenham.

Spurs are 10 places and 16 points below Arsenal in the Premier League table, and their record at the Emirates Stadium is shocking as well – just two wins in nearly 19 years.

To make things worse for Spurs, they haven’t had much luck in the last five North London Derbies either.

Arsenal have been reigning supreme over Tottenham for many years now, and their record recently has been fantastic.

Arteta will be hoping that his side can continue their good run in the North London Derbies as anything but a win would end the Premier League title race.

That is the last thing Arsenal need right now after back-to-back defeats in the two domestic cups.