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Just the one change for Leeds from their opener against Everton – Ilia Gruev will play instead of Ethan Ampadu in the midfield three. Welsh international Ampadu went off injured against the Toffees.

The front three of Dan James, Joel Piroe and Wilfried Gnonto continue.

Leeds XI: Perri; Bogle, Struijk, Rodon, Gudmundsson; Gruev, Stach, Tanaka; James, Piroe, Gnonto

Jurrien Timber comes in at right-back for Arsenal today for the injured Ben White, while former Chelsea man Noni Madueke will start on the left wing instead of Gabriel Martinelli.

Viktor Gyokeres continues in the No 9 role and will make his home debut. Can he score his first Gunners goal?

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard; Saka, Gyokeres, Madueke

The teams are out and here’s how Arsenal will line-up

Both teams getting ready at the Emirates. Team news is imminent

Mikel Arteta has asserted that Arsenal’s impending £60m acquisition of Eberechi Eze is not a knee-jerk reaction to Kai Havertz’s recent knee injury.

The Gunners’ manager confirmed Havertz will miss Saturday’s Premier League clash against Leeds at the Emirates, though the full extent of the Germany international’s layoff remains unclear.

“Obviously we were very active trying to look at the possibilities that could come,” Arteta stated. “We are not reacting to anything, we’ve been very prepared and understanding what we could do and we have decided this is the moment to do it.

“We are showing the ambition that we are here to win major trophies and to keep evolving and improving every single year and that comes with demands and those demands are clear.

“And we want to be in front in the league, not just chasing or reacting or being behind, but in front of it and every decision that we make in every area of the club is to achieve that.”

We’ve offered a couple of tips ahead of today’s game:

It didn’t take long for Arsenal fans to welcome Eberechi Eze into the fold. He quickly received a mural near the Emirates, although it has since been painted over after being defaced by Tottenham fans

Eberechi Eze’s move to Arsenal from Crystal Palace looks set to be completed in the next few days but this won’t be the first time the England international has had a spell at the north London club.

It emerged on Wednesday evening that Arsenal had managed to hijack Eze’s move to their bitter rivals Tottenham and instead bring him to the Emirates Stadium in a deal worth £60m and £7.5m in add-ons.

Eze has made no secret of being a boyhood Arsenal fan and joined the club’s academy at the age of eight. However, he was released when he was just 13 and has previously admitted, in an exclusive interview with The Independent, just how much that hurt.

Daniel Farke vowed Leeds “won’t sell our DNA” at the Emirates Stadium today against Premier League title challengers Arsenal.

The Gunners are huge favourites to notch their second win of the season in their opening home game after grinding out a 1-0 triumph last week at Old Trafford, while Leeds marked their top-flight return with victory on Monday over Everton.

Farke’s side were the top-ranked team for goals scored (95), touches in the opposition box, possession and high turnovers en route to the Championship title last season.

And despite the gulf between the Premier League and the second tier, the German has been tweaking, rather than ripping up, his blueprint.

Mikel Arteta admitted he is walking around with a huge smile on his face after assembling what he now believes is the best squad of his Arsenal reign.

Eberechi Eze’s imminent £60m arrival from Crystal Palace will take Arsenal’s spending spree to £250m amid a summer of transformation at the Emirates.

When asked if he is now armed with the most complete squad of his near seven-year tenure, Arteta replied: “In terms of numbers and quality, yes for sure. When you shake the tree and bring in more players there are always things that can happen.

“The spirit of that is to be more competitive, to be better and learn from the past, and with the squad we had last year we made life very, very difficult for ourselves if you look at the size and depth of other squads and the resources they had.

“So, we all have big smiles on our faces with the understanding that we have done really well, but the market is not closed and we have to stay very alert because there are a lot of things that can happen still. But so far, so good.”