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Everton v Arsenal team news

Defenders Jarrad Branthwaite and Seamus Coleman and midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are out until January with hamstring injuries for Everton.

Midfielder Idrissa Gueye and playmaker Iliman Ndiaye will be at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal until at least early January.

Jack Grealish had been a doubt after suffering an issue against Chelsea, but Moyes said the winger will be fit, while on-loan Freiburg midfielder Merlin Rohl could return from a hernia injury.

Gabriel (thigh) and Ben White (hamstring) are out until January for Arsenal, while fellow defender Cristhian Mosquera is not expected to return from an ankle injury until February.

Wideman Max Dowman also has an ankle problem and forward Kai Havertz is suffering from a knee injury.

Arteta said Martin Zubimendi has not featured fully in training because the Spain international is one of several players whose workload is being managed after playing a significant number of minutes.

“We make sure we look after him and he understands that every possibility and every chance you have to look after yourself, you have to take it in this league, because the demands are going to be really, really high,” Arteta said of the midfielder, who had been used to a winter break in Spain.

“He’s coping really, really well with the league, with all the challenges that the league brings. It’s a new club, a new country and he’s been exceptional.”

Everton v Arsenal predicted line-ups

Everton starting XI: Jordan Pickford, Jake O’Brien, James Tarkowski, Michael Keane, Vitalii Mykolenko,
James Garner, Carlos Alcaraz, Tim Iroegbunam, Dwight McNeil, Jack Grealish, Thierno Barry

Arsenal starting XI: David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori, Jurrien Timber, William Saliba, Piero Hincapie, Martin Odegaard, Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Viktor Gyokeres, Gabriel Martinelli

How to watch Everton v Arsenal: TV channel, live online stream

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Everton v Arsenal stats

• Both Premier League meetings between the sides last season ended level
• The teams last drew three in a row between November 2012 and December 2013, with Arteta playing 90 minutes in all three for Arsenal
• Everton have lost all five of their Premier League games against teams competing in the Champions League this season, accounting for 83% of their defeats (5/6) including both of their home losses (3-0 to Tottenham, 4-1 to Newcastle)
• Dwight McNeil could make his 100th Premier League appearance for Everton in this match and would be the fifth-youngest player (26 years and 28 days of age) to reach 100 for two different clubs (also 134 for Burnley), after Emile Heskey (24y 349d, Leicester and Liverpool), Joe Cole (24y 354d, West Ham and Chelsea), Frank Lampard (25y 236d, West Ham and Chelsea) and Jermaine Jenas (25y 312d, Newcastle and Spurs)
• Despite Arsenal conceding the fewest goals (10) and second-half goals (6) of any Premier League side this season, no team has conceded a higher share of their goals in the final 10 minutes of games than the Gunners (40% – 4/10)
• Arsenal have conceded the first goal in five of their last seven Premier League away games, including each of the last three in a row. They last conceded first in more consecutive away games between September and December 2019, just before Arteta took charge (5 games)
• Leandro Trossard has scored both of Arsenal’s away goals against Everton in the last two Premier League seasons. Their last player to score in three consecutive visits to the Toffees was Ian Wright between August 1995 and September 1997
• Leandro Trossard has been involved in nine goals in his last nine away Premier League appearances (6 goals, 3 assists), scoring (3) or assisting (1) in each of his last four. Their last player to score or assist in five in a row was Bukayo Saka between December and March in 2023/24
• Victory for Arsenal will see them top the table at Christmas for the third time in the last four seasons, having done so just twice in the first 30 Premier League campaigns
• They have, however,gone on to finish either 2nd (2002/03, 2022/23, 2023/24) or 3rd (2007/08) on each of those occasions