Four youngsters start, new Oleksandr Zinchenko role, Arsenal predicted XI vs Preston

It looks likely to be a case of 'if you're good enough, you're old enough' for Arsenal in their Carabao Cup fourth round clash with Preston North End. Mikel Arteta handed out starts to five Hale End graduates against Bolton in the last round and looks likely to give out a few more.

“It's not a question about age,” he said in his pre-match press conference. “It’s that if they play, it's because they deserve to the same as the rest of the players.

“At the end of the day we have to reward the people who each day they behave in a certain manner and they have the level to play in the manner we want to play in and if that's the case, I don’t care if they are players from the academy, youth players, or seniors - tomorrow they will play.”

With Newcastle away on Sunday, this game offers Arteta the chance to rest a few key players while putting minutes in the legs of others who haven't featured as much. Here's who football.london are expecting the Gunners to start at Deepdale.