Everton make the daunting trip to the Emirates Stadium this weekend to face Arsenal in the Premier League, and it’s safe to say fans aren’t so confident heading into this one.

After losing 2-0 to Chelsea last weekend, Everton need to respond. But standing in their way of victory are the Premier League champions, who have won six out of their seven Premier League games so far.

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Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall of Everton celebrates his goal to make it 1-1 during the Premier League match between Hull City and Everton at MKM Stadium in Hull, United Kingdom, on October 11, 2026.

Champions League involvement for Arsenal

Arsenal have a Champions League match against Bayern Munich, no less, on Wednesday night and this is something that could boost Everton’s chances.

Given Bayern are one of the best sides in the world, the match could well be intense and demanding. It could be a bit of a leveller for Everton with Arsenal only having a couple of days to recover. Arteta likely won’t be too happy that the game is on a Saturday. By contrast, Bayern’s league game at the weekend against Freiburg is on the Sunday.

Arsenal are an incredibly fit and hardworking side though, having ranked third last season for collective km covered by Premier League teams (via Opta Analyst), so any drop-off could well be minimal.

Arsenal not as strong on set-pieces and lacking goals

Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal have built a reputation for being a big, physical team, with set-piece goals being one of their huge strengths.

However, that big strength hasn’t quite been on show so far this season. Arsenal are yet to score a single goal from a set-piece – they’re one of just four sides yet to get off the mark, the others being Liverpool, Manchester United and Nottingham Forest.

They scored 19 from corners last term, making it five straight seasons of getting at least 15+ non-penalty set-piece goals. But the threat isn’t as great this term, which will encourage Everton. As per Sky Sports, their xG is 2.50, so they are way underperforming when it comes to set-pieces.

Everton have yet to concede from a set-piece so far, which bodes well. And by contrast, the Toffees have scored three set-piece goals themselves, so potentially this could be an avenue where Everton can hurt Arsenal.

James Tarkowski is the league-leader for duels won so far, and Jarrad Branthwaite is also great in the air, so the chances of an Arsenal set-piece goal this weekend do feel a bit lower than usual.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall improving

There remains some frustration over Thierno Barry at the moment, with the Frenchman still lacking ruthlessness in front of goal.