: 1 Turner; 30 Boly, 4 Worrall, 26 McKenna; 24 Aurier, 22 Yates, 5 Mangala, 43 Aina; 28 Danilo, 10 Gibbs-White; 20 Johnson Subs: 34 Horvath, 7 Williams, 8 Kouyate, 9 Awoniyi, 11 Wood, 19 Niakhate, 21 Elanga, 23 Freuler, 32 O'Brien Mikel Arteta has named his first starting line-up of the new season, and there are a couple of surprises. With Gabriel Jesus injured, Eddie Nketiah leads the line flanked by the attacking threats that are Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli. But it's the defence that really catches the eye. A stalwart of last campaign, Gabriel has been left on the bench for this afternoon's game with Ben White partnering William Saliba centre-back. It means midfielder Thomas Partey drops back to play at right-back while there are Arsenal debuts for Jurrien Timber, Kai Havertz and £105m man Declan Rice. Arsenal (4-3-3): 1 Ramsdale; 5 Partey, 2 Saliba, 4 White, 12 Timber; 8 Odegaard, 41 Rice, 29 Havertz; 7 Saka, 14 Nketiah, 11 Martinelli Subs: 31 Hein, 6 Gabriel, 10 Smith Rowe, 15 Kiwior, 18 Tomiyasu, 19 Trossard, 20 Jorginho, 21 Vieira, 24 Nelson The 2022-23 season was a mightily impressive one for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta, albeit one that ultimately ended in disappointment. The Gunners began that campaign on fire, but it ended with something of a whimper; only six league defeats all season, and half of those came in the final six games. Arsenal's first six Premier League games in 22-23: W 2-0 v Crystal Palace (A) W 4-2 v Leicester (H) W 3-0 v Bournemouth (A) W 2-1 v Fulham (H) W 2-1 v Aston Villa (H) L 3-1 v Man Utd (A) Arsenal){kind=link}
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ARSENAL open their 2023/24 Premier League campaign with a tasty test against Nottingham Forest at the Emirates – and Mikel Arteta has made some interesting changes.
Brazilian defender Gabriel has been benched which sees Thomas Partey slot in at the back.
While former Gunners keeper Matt Turner starts in goal for his new club.
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