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It’s finally here.
Champions Arsenal get the 2026/27 Premier League season underway against new boys Coventry City.
Kick-off is at 20:00 BST.
TEAM NEWS
William Saliba and Jurrien Timber remain out for Arsenal.
Bruno Guimaraes is also on the sidelines. He came off injured at half-time in Sunday’s Community Shield.
Declan Rice subsequently starts in central midfield, while Bukayo Saka, late back from World Cup duty, also comes into the starting XI.
They replace Guimaraes and the benched Noni Madueke, in Arsenal’s only two alterations from last weekend’s win over Manchester City.
Kai Havertz is again preferred to Viktor Gyokeres up top.
New arrival Christos Tzolis, owned by 25.0% of FPL squads, starts off the left.
As for Coventry City, they include five new players in their starting lineup: Carl Rushworth, who was on loan last season, along with Aurele Amenda, Frank Onyeka, Caleb Yirenkyi and Loum Tchaouna.
Fellow new arrivals Gustavo Hamer and Taiwo Awoniyi are both on the bench.
Ellis Simms spearheads the Coventry attack.
LINE-UPS
Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori, Odegaard, Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Saka, Tzolis, Havertz
Subs: Kepa, Hincapie, Eze, Gyokeres, Madueke, Nwaneri, Merino, Zubimendi, Dowman
Coventry City XI: Rushworth, van Ewijk, Thomas, Amenda, Dasilva, Onyeka, Yirenkyi, Grimes, Tchaouna, Thomas-Asante, Simms
Subs: Wilson, Rudoni, Sakamoto, Awoniyi, Kitching, Latibeaudiere, Eccles, Torp, Hamer
