Arsenal v Burnley LIVE: Team news and line-ups from Premier League meeting as Viktor Gyokeres dropped for Kai Havertz

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been talking to TNT Sports ahead of this evening’s clash.

On the selection of Kai Havertz over Viktor Gyokeres: “He [Havertz] is a different threat, has a lot of presence in the box obviously and he will have a lot of interactions with those two attacking midfielders to occupy different spaces to drag the centre-backs into different positions. We know that Kai has an incredible ability to do that.”

On Declan Rice’s new, deeper role: “With the chemistry that we have in the team and the players in and around him, there were two very specific opponents, and we had to change the setup in midfield to to be a bit more unpredictable and to create different kind of issues for the opponent. Since we’ve done that, Declan has played really well and he continues to play well.”

On whether they’ll chase goals to improve their goal difference: “As always, once we are ahead and we want to score more goals but we know how tough every game is. We just have to see the example of Burnley playing against Villa a few days ago [they drew 2-2]. We know the difficulty of the match and let’s go step by step.”

Arsenal have won all 10 of their Premier League games against sides already relegated that season, the best 100% record in the competition.

Arsenal have lost just one of their 19 Premier League games against Burnley.

They went down 1-0 at home in December 2020.

The other 18 games have ended in four draws and 14 wins.

Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has candidly admitted he is prepared to be “hated one minute and loved the next” as England embark on their quest to secure a first World Cup trophy in 60 years.

Rice, who is on the cusp of a remarkable Premier League and Champions League double with Arsenal, is expected to play a pivotal role for the national team this summer.

Here’s how Burnley line up this evening. Mike Jackson has opted for an unchanged XI, keeping faith with the side that drew 2-2 with Aston Villa last time out.

Can Zian Flemming cause the Arsenal backline some issues?

Burnley XI: Weiss; Walker, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Pires; Luis, Ugochukwu; Tchaouna, Anthony, Hannibal; Flemming

If they beat Bournemouth in their next game, Manchester City would be able to take the title race to the final day of the season, where Arsenal are away at Crystal Palace and Guardiola’s side host Aston Villa.

Yet Arsenal dropping points would also mean City have the title in their hands again. If Arsenal drew to Burnley and City beat Bournemouth, the teams would be level on points heading into the final day and it would come down to goal difference, currently one in the Citizens’ favour.

However, the Gunners finish their season at a Palace team who will be preparing for a European final a few days later. City, similarly, will take on a Villa side who will have played a European final four days earlier.

Here’s how Arsenal will line up tonight. Viktor Gyokeres has been dropped to the bench, with Kai Havertz preferred up top by Mikel Arteta.

Leandro Trossard, who has suddenly found a bit of form, also starts, as does skipper Martin Odegaard.

In defence, Riccardo Calafiori is fit to start at left-back in a big boost for the Gunners, while Cristhian Mosquera is the man parachuted in at right-back.

Arsenal XI: Raya; Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Odegaard, Eze; Saka, Trossard, Havertz

Burnley have never scored more than once in 19 Premier League meetings with Arsenal.

The most one side has faced any other without netting twice in a match in the competition.

A huge evening for Arsenal. The fans outside the Emirates are already there in force. It could be a cracking atmosphere once again

Arsenal defender Ben White will not require knee surgery – but remains set to miss England’s World Cup campaign.

The Gunners confirmed on Tuesday that White had suffered a “significant medial knee ligament injury” during their 1-0 win at West Ham.