Ahead of this weekend’s Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Arsenal’s home clash with Everton.
Arsenal vs Everton (Emirates Stadium)
Arsenal team news
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is set to be given his Arsenal debut despite a bout of illness ahead of the Gunners’ clash with Everton.
The north London side broke their transfer record to land the Gabon forward but a fever has left him a slight doubt ahead of the Emirates Stadium clash.
Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang trained on Thursday with his new Arsenal team-mates
Manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed Henrikh Mkhitaryan will make his first start but Jack Wilshere has also been ill and could be sidelined, while Danny Welbeck (hip) and Santi Cazorla (achilles) remain absent.
Arsenal provisional squad
Cech, Ospina, Mertesacker, Holding, Mustafi, Koscielny, Chambers, Monreal, Mavropanos, Bellerin, Nelson, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Wilshere, Xhaka, Elneny, Ramsey, Ozil, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang, Lacazette
Everton team news
Everton’s new on-loan defender Eliaquim Mangala could be involved against Arsenal at the Emirates.
The Frenchman joined from Manchester City on deadline day and is set to be in the squad.
Everton could be set to hand a debut to new loan signing from Man City Eliaquim Mangala
Manager Sam Allardyce may decide to rest Seamus Coleman after his first appearance in 319 days after a double leg fracture, while midfielder James McCarthy is in the early stages of rehabilitation from a similar injury.
Everton provisional squad
Pickford, Kenny, Jagielka, Keane, Martina, Gueye, Schneiderlin, Walcott, Sigurdsson, Bolasie, Calvert-Lewin, Robles, Coleman, Mangala, Williams, Davies, Rooney, Niasse, Tosun.
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Key match stats
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Arsenal are unbeaten in 23 home matches against Everton in all competitions (W19 D4) since a 2-1 Premier League defeat in January 1996 under Bruce Rioch.
Everton have played more Premier League matches at the Emirates without winning (11 – W0 D4 L7) than any other club.
The Gunners have beaten Everton more often in league games than any other side has beaten another in the history of the Football League (95).
Arsenal have never lost a Premier League game at the Emirates in the month of February (P21 W17 D4 L0), with their last home defeat coming against West Ham at Highbury in February 2006.
Arsenal have made the most errors leading to goals in Europe’s big five leagues this season (11).
Sam Allardyce has collected just three points from a possible 39 in away Premier League games at Arsenal (P13 W0 D3 L10), losing each of the last eight in a row, all at the Emirates.
Everton’s Craig Short fends Arsenal’s Dennis Bergkamp off the ball during the Toffees’ last win at Arsenal, a 2-1 Premier League triumph at Highbury in 1996
This match is Allardyce’s 500th in the Premier League, making him just the fifth manager to achieve this. Of the previous four, only Arsene Wenger won his 500th match in charge (Harry Redknapp drew, Alex Ferguson and David Moyes lost).
Mesut Ozil has had a hand in seven goals in eight Premier League appearances against the Toffees (two goals, five assists) and has scored or assisted in each meeting at the Emirates (one goal, four assists).
Arsenal new signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a hand in 172 goals in 213 matches in all competitions for Dortmund (141 goals, 31 assists), averaging a goal or assist every 96 minutes.
Since his Premier League debut in September 2013, Ozil has provided more assists than any other player (49 in 136 apps). The quickest a player reached 50 assists in the competition was Eric Cantona, who did so in 143 games.