Arsenal are playing in a cup quarter-final tomorrow evening but the packed festive schedule means that manager Mikel Arteta will be forced into wholesale changes.

You would hope, though, considering the Gunners are facing a League One side like Sunderland, that the players who will start will be good enough to get a result.

For one thing, it is at the Emirates, and the Black Cats are coming into the match following some indifferent form, so it shouldn’t be that much of a risk fielding a much-changed team.

Press the next page as we name the starting eleven to face Sunderland in the Carabao Cup tomorrow night.