Arsenal v Chelsea teams announced

Arsenal welcome Chelsea to the Emirates on Sunday and we now know how the two teams will line up.

Despite his substitution being described as precautionary after he was taken off feeling a tight hamstring against Aston Villa, Cristhian Mosqurea has not made the squad. Bruno Guimaraes, who also picked up a knock in that game, is on the bench.

Arsenal starting XI: Raya, White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Odegaard, Tzolis, Havertz, Saka.

Arsenal subs: Kepa, Hincapie, Eze, Gyokeres, Madueke, Merino, Zubimendi, Bruno, Dowman

Chelsea starting XI: Martinez, Acheampong, Fofana, Lacroix, Neto, James, Lavia, Hato, Palmer, ROgers, Joao Pedro

Chelsea subs: Penders, Colwill, Gusto, Chavarria, Barco, Quenda, Gittens, Estevao, Welbeck

Arsenal v Chelsea match officials

• Referee: Chris Kavanagh
• Assistants: Dan Cook, Tim Wood
• Fourth official: Tom Bramall
• VAR: Darren England
• Assistant VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis

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