Arsenal v Leeds: Premier League – live

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⚽ Updates from the Emirates: kick-off 12.30pm BST ⚽ Ten things to look out for | Live scores | Mail Barry Arsenal: Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Odegaard; Saka, Havertz, Madueke Subs: Kepa, Hincapie, Eze, Timber, Gyokeres, Merino, Zubimendi, Guimaraes, Dowman

Arsenal: Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Odegaard; Saka, Havertz, Madueke

Subs: Kepa, Hincapie, Eze, Timber, Gyokeres, Merino, Zubimendi, Guimaraes, Dowman

Leeds United: Trafford, Justin, Elvedi, Muharemovic, Bogle, Ampadu, Tanaka, Gudmundsson, Stach, Okafor, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Zetterer, Bard, Bijol, Gruev, Longstaff, Aaronson, Wilson, Bahoya, Nmecha.

Early team news: The international break was not particularly kind to Arsenal, who have lost their Greek winger Christos Tzolis to a hamstring injury, while the particpation of Kai Havertz and Ezri Konsa in today’s game is also in serious doubt. William Saliba remains sidelined with a back injury, but some or all of Declan Rice, Max Dowman, Ben White and Christhian Mosquera could return from short spells in the treatment room to feature today.

Should Havertz be forced to sit this game out, Viktor Gyokeres could get his first Premier League start of the season. While he has yet to score for Arsenal in the current campaign, he did score in four consecutive games for Sweden during the international break.

Neither Harry Wilson nor Joe Rodon featured for Wales during the international break. Rodon is definitely out of today’s game, while Wilson’s chances of playing are rated at 50-50. Their compatriot Dan James is definitely out after picking up a back injury on Wales duty. Jean-Matteo Bahoya may miss out after injuring his ankle on duty for France U21s.

After an uncharacteristically long hiatus, the Premier League is back. And while there is no shortage of fans ready to wrap themselves in its cosy familiarity, this is now an unquestionably different competition. Still in its infancy after just five games, the rest of this season’s post-verdict Premier League remains shrouded in a weird uncertainty, but in the meantime the show must go on. Until Manchester City’s fate is decided, it will have a surreal and hollow feel.

While Mikel Arteta and Arsenal fans have had three weeks to stew over the shellacking their champions were subjected to by Brighton just before the international break, the collective mood will have been improved by news the Spaniard has signed a lucrative new four-year contract that will keep him at the Emirates until 2030.

Despite making short work of today’s visitors at home and away last season, Arsenal welcome a much-improved Leeds United side to the Emirates. Fifth in the table, Daniel Farke and his players earned plenty of plaudits this season. Few of them came on the back of a dreary stalemate with Crystal Palace last time out, but their demolition of Newcastle a week previously was genuinely impressive. Kick-off in what promises to be a stern test of both teams’ mettle is at 12.30pm (BST) but we’ll have team news and build-up in the meantime.

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