Arsenal starting line-up v Leicester: Ben White starts, Gabriel Martinelli on bench

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Arsenal are in Premier League action against Leicester in the day’s early kickoff.

Mikel Arteta’s charges head to the East Midlands for the first fixture of matchweek 10 against a dangerous opponent.

Arsenal are in good form at present, boasting a run of eight games without defeat and looking much improved since the start of the season.

In addition, the Gunners have reached the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup after beating Leeds in midweek.

Likewise, Leicester made it through to the last eight following their penalty shootout win over Brighton.

The Foxes are unbeaten in five games in all competitions and are ninth in the table, level on points with 10th-placed Arsenal.

Here is who Arsenal boss Arteta has picked in his starting line-up today:

The big update involves Ben White, who was a doubt before the game but has made the starting XI.

Kieran Tierney isn’t fit, however, and doesn’t make the squad, with Nuno Tavares once again deputising for the Scotland international.

Gabriel Magalhaes and Takehiro Tomiyasu complete the back four.

There are no surprises further up the pitch as Arteta opts for a 4-4-2.

Thomas Partey and Albert Sambi Lokonga are in central midfield, Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe are on the flanks, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette are in attack.

The bench consists of Bernd Leno, Rob Holding, Cedric Soares, Sead Kolasinac, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Mohamed Elneny, Nicolas Pepe, Martin Odegaard and 20-year-old Gabriel Martinelli.

Arsenal starting XI v Leicester: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tavares, Saka, Sambi Lokonga, Partey, Smith-Rowe, Lacazette, Aubameyang

Subs: Leno, Odegaard, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Soares, Pepe, Elneny, Kolasinac, Martinelli