Arsenal vs Everton - as it happened: Lacazette and Aubameyang strike to hand hosts victory

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Arsenal 2018/19 Premier League profile

Arsenal will look to extend their Premier League winning run to four games when Everton visit the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

Unai Emery’s side have recovered from their defeats to Manchester City and Chelsea on the first two weekends of the season by beating West Ham, Cardiff and Newcastle.

The confidence of the hosts will only have been boosted further by their 4-2 victory over Ukranian side Vorskla Poltava during the opening round of Europa League fixtures yesterday.

Everton’s unbeaten start to the season was broken last weekend after Marco Silva’s side suffered a 3-1 defeat at home to West Ham.

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What time does it start?

Arsenal vs Everton kicks off at 4pm (BST)

Where can I watch it?

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports’ Premier League and Main Event channels. Sky Sports subscribers can also stream the match via the SkyGo app.

Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.

It’s a big game for…

Theo Walcott. The 29-year-old admitted this week to Sky Sports that he fell out of love with football during his last few months at Arsenal, but Everton will hope he is on song as he returns to the Emirates for the second time since swapping London for Merseyside in January. The England forward has two goals from five appearances this season for Marco Silva’s men, but he will hope that he can inspire something different to the 5-1 drubbing they received in February.

Best stat…

24: Arsenal are undefeated in their last 24 home matches against Everton in all competitions. The Gunners have won 20 matches and drawn four against the Merseyside club since goals from Graham Stuart and Andrei Kanchelskis secured a 2-1 victory for the visitors in January 1996.

Remember when…

Arsenal would have been distant bystanders in the challenge to qualify for the Champions League spots in the 2011/12 season without Robin van Persie. The Dutchman beat Sergio Aguero and Wayne Rooney to the Golden Boot that season for his 30 goals, and one of his finest came in this very fixture. Arsenal had been frustrated for three quarters of the match by David Moyes’ dogged side before the Dutchman marked Arsenal’s 125^th birthday with a sensational volley from Alex Song’s lobbed pass.

Robbin Van Persie scored a stunning goal against Everton (Getty)

Player to watch…

Sokratis Papastathopoulos. The fact that Arsenal are yet to record a clean sheet this season should not impinge on an assessment of the Greek defender who joined from Borussia Dortmund in the summer. Richarlison and Walcott pose trickery and pace in abundance, but Sokratis’ will look to continue his solid start to the season alongside Shkodran Mustafi at the heart of the Arsenal defence.

Past three-meetings…

Arsenal 5 (Ramsey x3, Koscielny, Aubameyang) Everton 1 (Calvert-Lewin), Premier League, February 2018

Everton 2 (Rooney, Niasse) Arsenal 5 (Monreal, Ozil, Lacazette, Ramsey, Sanchez), Premier League, October 2017

Arsenal 3 (Bellerin, Sanchez, Ramsey) Everton 1 (Lukaku pen), Premier League, May 2017

Form guide…

Arsenal: LLWWWW

Everton: DWDWDL

Odds…

Arsenal to win: 4/9

Everton to win: 23/4

Draw: 18/5

[23 September 2018 12:33 · Vithushan Ehantharajah]

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Arsenal vs Everton.

[23 September 2018 15:07 · Jack Watson]

Team News

[23 September 2018 16:01 · Michael Jones]

Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Everton get us underway, they win a throw in on the right and Walcott tussles with Bellerin before the defender gets the ball away 

[23 September 2018 16:04 · Michael Jones]

3 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Everton have started quickly if not skilfully they've put Arsenal under pressure and Calvert-Lewin has a one on one with Cech. The Arsenal keeper comes flying out of the blocks and wins the ball  

[23 September 2018 16:05 · Michael Jones]

5 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

​Kenny puts the ball out of play and Arsenal have a corner, it's played into the box and Gueye gets it clear

[23 September 2018 16:09 · Michael Jones]

8 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Great play from Everton, they press high up the pitch and take the ball of Xhaka, Davies tries to play Walcott in behind the defence but the Everton man is offside 

[23 September 2018 16:10 · Michael Jones]

10 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Every time Everton go forward they look as though they are going to score, Arsenal look very shaky at the back.

[23 September 2018 16:13 · Michael Jones]

13 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Arsenal attack well on the right, Bellerin runs into a lot of space and hits a cross in first time, the ball falls to Monreal who directs it towards goal. Pickford stays low and makes a good save to deny him. If the game continues like this the goals won't be too far off 

[23 September 2018 16:15 · Michael Jones]

15 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Sigurdsson comes worse off in a challenge with Torreira, who gets booked for diving in. Pickford hits it long and Arsenal win the ball back 

[23 September 2018 16:17 · Michael Jones]

17 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Xhaka gives away a free kick and Everton get the ball, they move it forward and win another free kick. Sigurdsson hits it into the box, Richarlison keeps it alive but then sends it out as he tries to get past the right back