By Danong
Arsenal kick off their title defence on Friday night with a clash against Coventry.
A convincing 3-0 Community Shield win over Manchester City last weekend should have set the tone for how this season ought to pan out.
The Gunners ought to be dangerously sharp in tearing apart opponents while also being rock-solid and impossible to break down.
While Frank Lampard and his side will be looking to upset Arsenal, Mikel Arteta will be looking to stretch his brilliant record against the Chelsea legend.
In the six meetings between the two, Arteta has won four times, drawn once and lost once.
Keen to protect that record and to send a message to the rest of the League, the Spaniard will be setting his team up for a more open attacking display aiming for as big a win as possible.
Arsenal are expected to welcome Bukayo Saka back into the starting line-up, though Declan Rice could be given more time to recover and may again feature as a second-half substitute.
The starting line-up should look like:
David Raya
White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori
Myles Lewis-Skelly, Guimaraes, Odegaard
Tzolis, Havertz, Saka
Arteta will also have a pretty decent bench to call upon should he need to switch things up. It will be interesting if Martinelli was on it...
Unfortunately, though, Arteta will still not be able to call upon Jurrien Timber and William Saliba, who both remain out injured.
Understanding between the lines, during his game presser, these two maybe longer term absentees than we thought so. And this may explain our acquisition of Konsa...
Either way, Arsenal go into this game with a strong team and should have little trouble stretching their five-game winning run over Coventry to six.
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