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

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.

Arsenal can trim the gap to Premier League leaders Liverpool down to just four points on Saturday as they welcome West Ham to the Emirates Stadium. Racked by injuries up front, Mikel Arteta's side had to dig deep last time out, before two late goals from auxiliary striker Mikel Merino secured them victory at Leicester.

West Ham already had a few injury concerns in attacking areas, with Michail Antonio, Crysencio Summerville, and Niclas Fullkrug also ruled out of the Arsenal game. Defensively, West Ham are expected to be without Vladimir Coufal. West Ham are unlikely to get much sympathy from Arsenal, considering the Gunners have a very similar list of injuries.

Mikel Merino will hope his two-goal salvo last time out is enough to earn a start for Arsenal for today’s visit of West Ham in the Premier League. 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.

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,