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Marco Silva expected to stick with the same line-up while Emery looks to improve away form

Football

By Brian Murumba | Apr 07, 2019

**Arsenal meet Everton on Sunday [Courtesy]**

Arsenal visit Goodison Park on Sunday evening to take on high flying Everton who have slain their London rivals Chelsea prior to this encounter.

Marco Silva’s side beat the Blues 2-0 in their last home game last month and haven’t conceded in four of their last five games. The Toffees have won three of those games including a 2-0 victory at West Ham last week.

**Richarlison** **sprints away after scoring against Chelsea [Courtesy]**

Meanwhile, Arsenal need to play catch up with rivals Chelsea and Tottenham who won in midweek but will have to up their performance on the road to do so. The Gunners only have one away win in their last eight away matches in the league which came at relegated Huddersfield.

Everton form

(W3, D1, L1)

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Arsenal form

Arsenal travel to Goodison Park having lost just two of their 11 league matches played since the turn of the year, (W8, D1, L2).

Head to head

Arsenal have a fine head to head record against Everton (W7, L1).

Players to watch

Everton

Gylfi Sigurdsson has three goals in his last five league games for Everton.

Arsenal

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette have directly scored nearly half (46.15%) of Arsenal’s league goals this season.

Team news

Everton

**Yerry Mina is set to miss out today [Courtesy]**

Colombia international Yerry Mina is Everton's only absentee through injury.

Arsenal

**Ramsey receives instructions from his coach in a past match, he will return after an injury scare [Courtesy]**

The Gunners have some selection headaches with midfielder Granit Xhaka and skipper Laurent Koscielny doubts due to injury while midfield maestro Lucas Torreira is serving a suspension for the red card he received in the North London Derby against Tottenham.

Aaron Ramsey is expected to return after an injury scare that saw him substituted against Newcastle on Monday night.