Arsenal XI vs Ipswich: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League

Evening Standard

·19 April 2025

Arsenal XI vs Ipswich: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League

Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice could both get well-earned rests after Real Madrid heroics with PSG tie looming

Bounce back: William Saliba will hope to atone for his error against Real Madrid as Arsenal travel to Ipswich this weekend

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Mikel Arteta is expected to make changes to his Arsenal team when they travel to Ipswich on Sunday.

The Gunners are coming into the game off the back of beating Real Madrid at the Bernabeu on Wednesday.

That victory booked a spot in the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in 16 years and that competition is now the club’s priority.

Arsenal still have six Premier League games left this season but, with the title race effectively over, manager Arteta may use them as a chance to rotate and rest players.

Ben White will be one of those hoping to start on Sunday and he could come in at right-back in place of Jurrien Timber.

Kieran Tierney, who started his first Premier League match since May 2023 last week, may also be brought into the team on the other flank in place of Myles Lewis-Skelly.

Arsenal will be without Jorginho (ribs) and Riccardo Calafiori (knee) this weekend as both players are still out injured.

It means changes in midfield may be less than elsewhere on the pitch, although Oleksandr Zinchenko is one player that may come into the side and Mikel Merino can drop in there, too.

“Jorgi is not going to be available yet, he is still struggling with that incident and Ricky [Calafiori] as well probably is not going to be available,” said Arteta.

In attack, Arteta may still be wary about Bukayo Saka’s minutes as he only returned this month from a hamstring injury picked up in December.

The winger could be on the bench on Sunday after scoring against Real Madrid, with Ethan Nwaneri an option to replace him.

Leandro Trossard is one of those who should get a start - either on the left flank or through the middle as a No9. Gabriel, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Takehiro Tomiyasu are all still sidelined.

Predicted Arsenal XI (4-3-3): Raya; White, Saliba, Kiwior, Tierney; Zinchenko, Partey, Merino; Nwaneri, Trossard, Martinelli

Injured: Calafiori (knee), Gabriel (hamstring), Havertz (hamstring), Jesus (knee), Jorginho (ribs), Tomiyasu (knee)

Arsenal squad from: Neto, Raya, Setford; Kacurri, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly, Saliba, Tierney, Timber, Zinchenko; Merino, Nwaneri, Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Martinelli, Saka, Sterling and Trossard

Time and date: 2pm BST on Sunday April 20, 2025

Referee: Chris Kavanagh

How to watch: Sky Sports