Arsenal will be hoping that their warm-weather training trip to Dubai has had a similar effect as it did in the previous season. The Gunners went on to win all but two of their remaining league games, sadly missing out on the title to Manchester City by just two points.
They have a much kinder run of fixtures to close out the current season, but the gap to Liverpool is greater and could yet widen further should the Reds beat their Merseyside rivals in their game in hand over the Gunners. Arsenal are coming off the back of mixed results themselves.
A defeat to Newcastle in the Carabao Cup should not take away from just how impressive the win over Manchester City, where Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri notched in a 5-1 victory, was. Looking ahead to the return of Premier League football, Leicester City are just two points off Wolves and safety and are desperate for points.
Mikel Arteta will need to get his team spot on if he is to navigate something of a trap fixture. Arsenal then have yet another week of rest before they host West Ham United at the Emirates Stadium.
David Raya will naturally continue in goal as the rumours persist linking Joan Garcia with a move in the summer.
Ben White has been back in training with the side, and there are hopes he could indeed make the squad for the trip to the King Power Stadium. It would, however, be far too soon to just throw him into the line-up and therefore, Jurrien Timber keeps his place.
