There are six days to go before the Gunners return to the pitch to take on Crystal Palace at Emirates Stadium. Arsenal will have just five games on their fixture list before the next international breaks rolls around in November.
The return of Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira will be a major storyline before and during the Crystal Place match as Vieira returns to manage against the club where he became a Premier League “Invincible.”
With that said, let’s take look at who I think Mikel Arteta will start on Monday v the Eagles…
[4-3-3]
Aubameyang
Smith Rowe, Odegaard, Saka
Partey, Lokonga
Tierney, Gabriel, White, Tomiyasu
Ramsdale
Predicted final score: ARSENAL 2 – Crystal Palace 1
COYG!
Mikel Arteta said on Friday Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber are all in contention to be in the squad for Saturday’s match.
According to Graeme Bailey of TEAMtalk, Arsenal has intensified their interest in Athletic Bilbao star Nico Williams as a top summer priority. 
Fabrizio Romano is reporting Calum McFarlane will be the Chelsea interim manager until the end of this season.
Arsenal Women have confirmed Manu Zinsberger will leave the club at the end of this season. The Austrian goalkeeper has totaled 51 cleans sheets in 143 appearances for the Gunners.
Stat of the Day: David Rays has made 53 saves and had 15 cleans sheets in 33 appearances this season for Arsenal.
American movie star Anne Hathaway on the Gunners title chances, “They better. I believe in Arsenal.”
Gabriel Magalhaes, “We need to be strong on Sunday, We are at this club to play these kind of games.”
Ten Premier League managers have been sacked this season, including three at Nottingham Forest, and two each at Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.
Arsenal 4 Palace 1
The boys will be champing at the bit for this one.
Time to sort out our poor goal difference.