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 17:30 · Michael Jones]

71 mins: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton

Sigurdsson whips a free kick into the box for Everton, Keane wins the header but once again Cech is their to stop the ball. 

[23 September 2018 17:33 · Michael Jones]

74 mins: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton

Calvert-Lewin and Walcott are off. Both strikers have had chances today and both have run into the steadfast Petr Cech. Let's see what the fresh legs of Tosun and Bernard can do.

[23 September 2018 17:38 · Michael Jones]

78 mins: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton

Arsenal are playing as though they've secured the game. They are in control of the ball and are moving it at their own pace. They win a corner and Unai Emery bring Danny Welbeck on for Aaron Ramsey

[23 September 2018 17:41 · Michael Jones]

81 mins: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton

Everton keep attacking though Digne gets the ball but Lacazette wins it back, he plays Welbeck into the area, and Welbeck's shot is blocked by Zouma

[23 September 2018 17:43 · Michael Jones]

84 mins: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton

Corner for Everton. Sigurdsson takes it and Cech comes out and punches it away. Everton keep possession though and they to build another attack

[23 September 2018 17:44 · Michael Jones]

85 mins: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton

Tosun gets the ball on the right, he works it back inside finds and opening and fires a left footed shot, Cech once again bats it away

[23 September 2018 17:48 · Michael Jones]

88 mins: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton

Everton are pressing high up the pitch trying to win the ball back, they get a free kick and it'll be Digne to deliver it...

[23 September 2018 17:49 · Michael Jones]

90 mins: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton

Nothing comes of the free kick and Arsenal have 4 added minutes to defend. 

[23 September 2018 17:52 · Michael Jones]

90 minutes: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton

Everton looked threatening in the first half and the early stages of the second but they didn't have the quality strikers to really finish off the game. Arsenal have two and they both delivered. 2 goals in quick succession silenced the notion that Everton may get their first win at the Emirates