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 16:21 · Michael Jones]

20 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

End to end stuff so far, how there hasn't been a goal I don't know. Arsenal keep hold of the ball to try and control the tempo but Kenny wins it back, hits it long to Richarlison who turns, runs into the box and fires a shot a Cech

[23 September 2018 16:25 · Michael Jones]

23 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Sokratis kicks the ball out of play under pressure form Calvert-Lewin, Everton then win a corner. The ball comes in a Cech claims it.

[23 September 2018 16:27 · Michael Jones]

26 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Digne gets a yellow for trying to bring down Aubameyang. Aubameyang was on the break away and Zouma had to come across and make the challenge to stop him

[23 September 2018 16:29 · Michael Jones]

29 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Richarlison gets the ball on the left hand corner of the box, he spins past Mustafi and tries to place the ball in the bottom far corner but it doesn't have enough curl on it and it goes wide.

[23 September 2018 16:30 · Michael Jones]

30 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

​Sokratis deliberatley brings down Walcott and gives away a free kick on the edge of the area. Digne takes it and Cech puts the ball over the bar for a corner kick.

[23 September 2018 16:32 · Michael Jones]

32 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Arsenal catch Everton on the break with Ozil the runner, he gets the ball to the box and tries to square it to Ramsey who was running into space near the far post, Digne dives forward and deflects the ball out of Ramsey's path

[23 September 2018 16:38 · Michael Jones]

36 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Arsenal almost break down the left hand side but the ball takes an awkward bounce and Everton win a free kick because of a handball. They play it forward quickly Sigurdsson feeding Walcott into the right side of the box. Cech comes out quickly and Walcott can't get the ball over him

[23 September 2018 16:39 · Michael Jones]

38 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Sokratis is off and Holding comes on, Sokratis took a knock in a collison with Walcott and he couldn't run it off

[23 September 2018 16:41 · Michael Jones]

41 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Everton under serious pressure at the back, Lacazette takes too many touches and can't get a shot away

[23 September 2018 16:45 · Michael Jones]

44 mins: Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton

Lacazette wins a free kick for Arsenal, the ball comes into the box aiming for the far side and Monreal tries to head it at the goal. Everton collect it and break quickly Walcott and Richarlison bomb forward, and Richarlison plays the ball onto his left foot, Bellerin backing away from him before he opens up at shot on goal. It's too high to bother Cech though