Shkodran Mustafi, Calum Chambers, Gabriel Martinelli and Pablo Mari are all ruled out of the trip to Craven Cottage. While there is also a doubt whether David Luiz will feature, having picked up a neck injury.

Arsenal could hand a first Premier League start to William Saliba, with the former St. Etienne defender partnering Rob Holding in defense. Gabriel Magalhaes has not had the same amount of time to adapt as Saliba and that should mean the Brazilian will be on the bench on Saturday when Arsenal line up Fulham.

There is also likely to be a first start for former Chelsea star Willian, who could be handed the number 10 role for the Gunners, playing around a potent looking attack including Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and Nicholas Pepe.

Dani Ceballos is back on-loan once again and is likely to come right back into the midfield to partner with Granit Xhaka, while Bernd Leno is expected to take the number one jersey back in goal, Emi Martinez is likely to leave the club.