Bournemouth pair Joshua King and Junior Stanislas face fitness tests, having been sidelined in recent weeks with hamstring injuries.
Jermain Defoe and Tyrone Mings are back in training but remain unavailable.
Former Bournemouth loanee Jack Wilshere could be involved for Arsenal as the ankle injury he suffered in the League Cup is not as bad as first feared.
Mesut Ozil is a major doubt with a knee injury but Aaron Ramsey and Sead Kolasanic are both fit again.
How Arsène Wenger, who will again be peering from the stands, would love a victory after the nightmare in Nottingham. Arsenal are winless in four in all competitions – their longest barren run since a streak of five starting in February 2016 – and that could easily continue. Eddie Howe can count on making chances with ease against Wenger’s notional defence and that could be enough as the burden of Arsenal’s successes may no longer be able to lie squarely on Alexis Sánchez’s shoulders. The dream of an easier life in Manchester may prove too much of a distraction even if he does play.
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