Arsenal host Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Sunday, in the last game before the final international break of 2018.

A number of players will head off with their countries in mid-November, so this is Arsenal’s final chance to pick up some points ahead of a difficult end of the year, which includes matches against Manchester United, Liverpool and Spurs (twice).

As a result, we expect Unai Emery to go as strong as possible to leave the squad and the fans feeling good over the break.

Let’s have a look at our predicted lineup for the clash.

Goalkeeper and Defence

Bernd Leno appears to be Unai Emery’s first choice Premier League goalkeeper at the moment, so he should retain his place in the side ahead of Petr Cech on Sunday.

The German came in for some criticism after his parry in the Liverpool match led to the opening goal, but closer inspection revealed that it was Rob Holding’s deflection that took the ball into the path of James Milner. Realistically, there wasn’t much either player could have done. It certainly wasn’t enough to lose his spot over.

Hector Bellerin will play at right-back after Stephan Lichtsteiner’s injury, and with Arsenal taking caution over Nacho Monreal’s fitness, Sead Kolasinac will start on the left of defence.

At centre-back, similar concerns about rushing Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Laurent Koscielny back to regular match action after injury should leave Rob Holding and Shkodran Mustafi to continue their Premier League run in the team together. Sokratis did start on Thursday, but there’s no reason to over-play him.

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Midfield

Granit Xhaka and Lucas Torreira were the stars of the show in Arsenal’s comeback draw against Liverpool last weekend. As impressive as Matteo Guendouzi has been this season, that duo looks difficult to break up right now.

Mohamed Elneny is still out injured, so there’s no chance of his first Premier League appearance of the season coming this weekend.

Mesut Özil will be favoured over Aaron Ramsey in the number 10 position, as he has been for the majority of the league campaign so far. The German has played significantly better with Xhaka and Torreira feeding him the ball than with any other pairing behind him, so they make a good midfield trio.

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Forwards

There’s still a suspicion that Arsenal haven’t quite found their best front three just yet, despite the obvious wealth of attacking talent in the squad. Alexandre Lacazette certainly looks difficult to drop or shift from the centre-forward position, especially after his massive goal against Liverpool last weekend.

However, the left and right wide positions are a bit more difficult to call. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang started well against Liverpool but really fell away as the game went on, and wasn’t too much more effective against Sporting. Henrikh Mkhitaryan wasn’t any better, particularly in the Liverpool game.

Nonetheless, we don’t expect Emery to drop both, so Aubameyang will probably keep his place on the left, with Alex Iwobi coming in on the right. It’s not ideal, considering the Nigerian international is much better on the left himself, but there aren’t many options on the other side.

Aaron Ramsey is another option to potentially play on the right. He’s played there before, but we’ll see if it’s a risk Emery is willing to take at any point in the future. Probably not on this occasion, after a fairly average 90 minutes against Sporting.

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Full Predicted Starting XI