Merino excelled off the bench last week as an emergency striker and scored twice as Arsenal beat Leicester 2-0 at the King Power Stadium. The Gunners have just three fit forwards at the moment in Ethan Nwaneri, Leandro Trossard and Raheem Sterling - which is why Merino played as a No9.

Arsenal may have found a solution to their problems up top as they welcome West Ham United to the Emirates this afternoon. With Kai Havertz joining Gabriel Jesus in being ruled out for the rest of the season, Mikel Arteta was forced to experiment with his side last weekend against Leicester.

Areola will be the goalkeeper of the team. Wan-Bissaka and Emerson will be the two full-backs of the team. Mavropanos and Kilman will be the two centre-backs for the team. Alphonse Areola has conceded 27 goals and kept 2 clean sheets in 14 matches in the Premier League 2024/2025 season.

Lucas Paqueta is set to miss West Ham United’s match against Arsenal on Saturday, after suffering an ankle injury in training.Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty ImagesEarlier this week, reports broke that

Graham Potter has described Arsenal as a "top team" ahead of West Ham's Premier League clash against the Gunners on Saturday. The Hammers make the short trip across the capital hoping to put an end to Arsenal's impressive unbeaten run in the league,

West Ham are preparing for a tough-looking away clash with Arsenal this weekend. West Ham are preparing for a trip to North London to take on title hopefuls Arsenal this weekend. The Hammers are down in 16th having failed to hit the ground running under Graham Potter since his arrival.

West Ham United are set to be without another squad member for their looming Premier League clash away to Arsenal.