Arsenal’s Predicted Starting XI to face Newcastle

Arsenal are three games into the season and already in desperate need of a win. After a disastrous loss at home to West Ham, Arsenal scrounged together a win at Selhurst Park before drawing rather anticlimactically against Liverpool back in North London. Four points out of nine is no way to start a season.

One of the few good things to come from the Liverpool match was the fact that Petr Cech looks ready to win the league all by himself. He was completely revolutionized compared to how he did in his first two matches in an Arsenal kit.

More from Pain in the Arsenal

• 3 observations from Arsenal’s victory at Goodison Park
• 3 standout players from 1-0 victory over Everton
• 3 positives & negatives from Goodison Park victory
• Arsenal vs PSV preview: Prediction, team news & lineups
• 3 talking points from Arsenal’s victory at Goodison Park

Aside from that, Arsenal are still dead silent in the transfer window, they still have a ton of questions left to answer and they still manage to have injury problems.

Laurent Koscielny looks set to miss the match with back problems and Per Mertesacker is still sick after missing the Liverpool bout.

It is not often that Wenger goes with wholesale changes, but Arsenal are nearing a point where they may be in a very similar situation as they were following a New Year’s beating to Southampton. The following match, Wenger changed up everything.

The panic button cannot be far away from Wenger’s hand. By panic, I of course mean a few key changes to the starting squad.

I do believe some changes will be made this time around, so lets get started with the predicted XI.

Next: Goalie