What Arsenal Need: Arsenal need to take their early chances to score and look to control the match as soon as possible. The team that dominate the midfield will win this match. Hoyte needs to try and balance his forays into attack with his defensive responsibilities.
Things To Watch Out For: It will be interesting to see how Arsenal cope with the tough Everton tackling. Johnson and Cahill will be Everton's most dangerous players and the Gunners need to keep close tabs on them. I'm still keeping an eye on Henry, just to see how he interacts with his team-mates... especially if things aren't going well.
Hopes For The Match: I hope Arsenal give as good as they get in the battle to control the midfield. Arsenal don't need any more injuries, as the current list of players unavailable is already too long:
Lauren
Diaby
Adebayor
Baptista
Ljungberg
Eboue
My team selection for this game:
Henry, van Persie
Rosicky, Gilberto, Fabregas, Hleb
Gallas, Djourou, Toure, Hoyte
Lehmann
Subs: Almunia, Walcott, Senderos, Flamini, Aliadiere.
Long-term issues: Clichy has been left out of the squad as Wenger takes his time with the young man's comeback.
Prediction: Arsenal 2 Everton 1
