Arsenal Vs Everton: 3 Things To Watch Out For

Arsenal face Everton on Sunday for the last match of round six of the premier league season. Arsenal have been unbeaten in 24 home games against Everton in all competitions with their last defeat coming in 1996. The good thing for Everton though is that Arsenal hasn't kept a clean sheet in any of the first five matches this season as Unai Emery still finds a way to organize the Arsenal defense.

Arsenal have won two away matches this season and slowly but surely the Unai Emery stamp is visible with more prominence. Lucas Torreira and Henrikh Mkhitaryan will be big question marks for the Gunners with both taking knocks in the Europa League match on Thursday night. For Everton, Yerry Mina could make his debut, and Richarlison will return from suspension. Richarlison had a stellar beginning to his career with Everton before getting a straight Red card against Bournemouth.

Arsenal has had 10 different scorers for the 10 goals they have scored this season. This shows that Unai Emery wants the whole team to contribute in attack as well as defense.

Three things to look forward to in the much-anticipated game:

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#1 Theo Walcott's return to the Emirates

Theo Walcott spent 12 years at the Emirates

Theo Walcott returns to the Emirates for the first time after signing for Everton. Walcott joined Everton in January after spending 12 years with Arsenal. He scored 108 goals in 397 appearances and won 3 FA Cups during his time. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryaná addition to the Arsenal squad last season meant Walcott went way down the pecking order which made his decision to leave justifiable.

Walcott has injected a new found passion into his game and looks a lot more relaxed than he was at Arsenal during the end of his time as a Gunner. He has 2 goals and 2 assists for the Marco Silva's side and Silva would hope Walcott replicates his good form at the Emirates tomorrow.

#2 The Goal Keeping Conundrum

Petr Cech looks likely to hold on to his place

Bernd Leno finally started his first match for Arsenal during the Europa League fixture against FC Vorskla Poltava. He didn't have a perfect outing though and conceded 2 goals. Petr Cech, though with a lot more experience than Leno, is struggling to fit into the building from the back style that Unai Emery preaches. He has often looked in distress this season with a mistake or two continuously knocking the doors of Cech.

Everton will definitely press high doesn't matter which goalkeeper Arsenal goes for, as the playing from the back style can backfire if not implemented with perfection. A mix of Leno-Cech would have been perfect for the North London side with both keepers having different attributes to contribute to Unai's philosophy.

#3 The Lacazette Aubameyang partnership

Friends both on and off the field

Unai Emery's natural style doesn't allow two forwards to play together as he looks to have more men in midfield to have a better control of the game. But credit goes to the manager for being flexible enough to accommodate both Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the last two Premier League games.

Though one of the two strikers have to go wide to be a part of this team, it still gives opposition plenty of headaches as both are skillful enough to have an impact from any position. Aubameyang looks the more comfortable out of the two to go wide as he can then use his pace to cut inside and score. Emery has to try to build the team around these excellent forward players and the Everton game might give us a glimpse of what to expect in the future.