Arsenal welcome Burnley to Emirates Stadium on Saturday’s Premier League early kick of encounter as Unai Emery looks to make it two wins from two games so far this season.

The Gunners kicked off the new campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Newcastle United at St James’ Park on Sunday with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring the only goal of the game, while the Clarets had defeated Southampton by a 3-0 scoreline a day before.

Team news

Arsenal will continue to be without Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding due to injury while it remains to be seen whether Mesut Ozil or Sead Kolasinac will be available after they missed the Newcastle game due to safety concerns following incidents at their home last week.However, fellow centre back Konstantinos Mavropanos is out injured for eight weeks with a groin injury, while Kieran Tierney is also injured and will have to wait longer for his debut for North London outfit.Alexandre Lacazette will be hoping to feature after overcoming an ankle injury while David Luiz, Nicolas Pepe, Lucas Torreira and Dani Ceballos are pushing for starts.Burnley are expected to name an unchanged line-up from the side that beat Southampton with Chris Wood continuing alongside Ashley Barnes in attack but Robbie Brady is expected to return to the squad after being described as ‘touch and go’ last week. This leaves Charlie Taylor and Steven Defour as the only men out injured for them while Danny Drinkwater could be introduced after signing on loan from Chelsea on deadline day, but will likely miss out as he builds up his match fitness.

Head to Head

Saturday’s meeting will represent the 108th competitive encounter between the two clubs, with Arsenal registering 53 wins in comparison to 33 victories for Burnley.The Claret have not got the better of Gunners in a league fixture since 1974 when they prevailed by a 1-0 scoreline at Highbury.

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Arsenal endured an inconsistent pre-season, with a number of losses accompanying a set of good wins. However, when the real business kicked off last week, they got the win they needed to start the season with a fighting victory against Newcastle.Burnley though have been on fire in recent weeks with five wins in seven pre-season games were followed by an emphatic victory against Southampton on the first weekend of the season. The Clarets will be high on confidence going into Saturday’s game.

Manager QuotesArsenal head coach Unai Emery: 

“It’s going to be a very physical match and we need that adaptation physically to be strong.”They are very strong in the duels, they are very strong in their structure, with two strikers. They are going to demand a lot of us defensively, with their long balls especially.”

Burnley manager Sean Dyche: 

“They (Arsenal) are a good side, their coach is tweaking and changing things, and they are slightly more defensive, but still have the weapons to open up the game.”They are a top side, but we’ve shown before we can take points off the top sides.”

Arsenal possible starting lineup:

Leno; Maitland-Niles, Luiz, Sokratis, Monreal; Guendouzi, Xhaka; Mkhitaryan, Ceballos, Pepe; Aubameyang.

Burnley possible starting lineup:

Pope; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters; Gudmundsson, Cork, Westwood, McNeil; Barnes; Wood.

Prediction:

Arsenal 3-1 Burnley