CB – Rob Holding

Rob Holding

The centre-back hasn’t started a match since January so this would be a big call to make but, if Arteta is looking to match Chelsea’s front three, he will have to pick Holding.


While the 26-year-old isn’t always the most mobile, he can do a job and rarely lets anyone down when called into action to defend. If the Gunners are set up to play on the counter-attack, playing with a deeper defensive line could help him.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.