Arsenal look to make it back-to-back wins to kick off their Premier League title defence at Aston Villa on Monday evening.
The Gunners ran out comfortable 3-0 winners against newly promoted Coventry on the opening night, while Aston Villa were on the receiving end of a 4-0 thrashing by Brighton in their opening game.
The hosts have a long injury list before accounting for the departures of Ezri Konsa, Emi Martinez, Youri Tielemans and the impending exit of Ollie Watkins.
New goalkeeper Zion Suzuki starts between the sticks while the back four remains unchanged from last week. The suspension of Joao Gomes sees Emi Buendia operate in behind new signing Nicolas Jackson, who makes his debut up front.
Leon Goretzka doesn't make the matchday squad following his move on a free transfer.
For the visitors there were concerns around Bruno Guimaraes's fitness, but the Brazilian has been deemed fit enough for a place on the bench, with Myles Lewis-Skelly retaining his place.
New signing Ezri Konsa also settles for a place on the bench on his return to Villa Park, with Ben White and Cristhian Mosquera keeping their place at the back.
Confirmed Aston Villa XI
Zion Suzuki
Matty Cash
Pau Torres
Victor Lindelof
Ian Maatsen
Ross Barkley
Boubacar Kamara
John McGinn
Emi Buendia
George Hemmings
Nicolas Jackson
Confirmed Arsenal XI
David Raya
Ben White
Cristhian Mosquera
Gabriel
Riccardo Calafiori
Myles Lewis-Skelly
Declan Rice
Bukayo Saka
Martin Odegaard
Christos Tzolis
Kai Havertz
