Preview: Arsenal vs. Everton · prediction, team news, line-ups

Arsenal welcome Everton to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday 24 October for Matchweek 8 of the Premier League, with kick-off at 3pm UK time (08:00 in Mexico City).

The Gunners sit second with 18 points from seven games. The Toffees are eighth on 10 points.

Match preview

Arsenal have taken 18 points from a possible 21, and their only league defeat was a 3-0 loss at Brighton on 19 September. Since then they have beaten Leeds 2-1 at the Emirates and won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest.

In the Champions League they beat Lille 3-0 at home before drawing 2-2 with Bayern Munich on Wednesday. That is the only game without a win in their last four.

Eberechi Eze scored the opener in Munich after replacing Bukayo Saka, who was hurt early on.

Mikel Arteta's side have won all three home league games, scoring seven and conceding two. Away from home they have won three and lost one, with four goals for and three against. Saka leads the club's scorers with three.

Everton are on 10 points, with two wins, four draws and one defeat from seven matches. They lost 2-0 at home to Chelsea last Saturday, a week after a 2-2 draw at Hull City.

Their two most recent wins both finished 1-0, against Ipswich in the league and Wolves in the League Cup. On 12 September they drew 0-0 with Tottenham.

David Moyes' side are still without a league win on the road this season, drawing all three away games and scoring three and conceding three. At home they have won two, drawn one and lost one, with five goals for and four against. Thierno Barry leads their scoring with three.

The head-to-head record favours Arsenal. They are unbeaten in the last five league meetings, with three wins and two draws. They won 2-0 on 14 March 2026 and 1-0 away on 20 December 2025, scoring six and conceding two across the five games.

The context weighs on the hosts. This is their third match in seven days across the Premier League and the Champions League, and they arrive with Saka in doubt. Everton are looking to stay in the top half of the table.

Team news

Arsenal have significant absentees. Saka went off with a thigh problem in Munich and Arteta admitted the news is not good. Our data lists him as a doubt, but Sports Mole and TNT Sports have him out. William Saliba (back) and Christos Tzolis (hamstring) are also unavailable.

Piero Hincapie (ankle) is a doubt and is expected to face a fitness test. Martin Zubimendi is also listed as a doubt with an ankle or foot complaint, according to Squawka.

Sports Mole predict Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel and Calafiori; Lewis-Skelly and Rice; Madueke, Odegaard and Eze, with Gyokeres up front. That is a projection, not a confirmed line-up.

For Everton, the sources we checked report no absentees. The projected XI is Pickford; Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Tarkowski and Maitland-Niles; Armstrong and Garner; Grealish, Dewsbury-Hall and Johnson, with Barry leading the line.