Everton v. Arsenal - My predictions

Gut Feeling: I have a feeling the youngsters are going to put in a passionate and spirited display but I think that after 90 monites a draw is the best Arsenal can hope for. Once into extra time, it's basically "next goal wins" so at that point anything can happen. If it goes to penalties, it's simply a lottery, but I just hope that Wenger finds 5 decent penalty takers.

What Arsenal Need: The young Gunners need to stand up to the rough tactics that are obviously on the way from Everton.

Things To Watch Out For: The players I'm most looking forward to seeing are Denilson and Traore, both players are still young but as Arsene says "If they are good enough, they are old enough".

Hopes For The Match: I'd like to see Merida get some playing time as he seems quite an exciting player. I hope that Aliadiere continues his recent form and that Walcott can put in a solid display.

My team selection for this game:

Adebayor, Aliadiere

Walcott, Denilson, Song, Flamini

Traore, Senderos, Djourou, Eboue

Almunia

Subs: Poom, Connolly, Randall, Merida, Garry

The 16 man squad listed above was published on Arsenal.com.

Long-term issues: Baptista and Ljungberg are still unhealthy and so neither will feature in this game. I hope to see them back soon.

Prediction: Everton 1 Arsenal 1
Arsenal win on penalties