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Fulham's midfield maestro Palhinha will serve the second of his two-game ban for yellow card accumulation here, meaning that Lukic's spot should be safe thanks to Anthony Taylor's refusal to send him off for what many believed was a second bookable offence against Brentford.
Tom Cairney could return from a foot injury to challenge Lukic's spot, though, while Layvin Kurzawa and Neeskens Kebano remain in the infirmary, and on-loan right-back Cedric Soares cannot play against his parent club.
However, two ex-Gunners in Bernd Leno and Willian - who have been shrewd acquisitions for Fulham - will line up against their former club, while Solomon has surely done enough to warrant another start as he aims to score for the sixth game running.
Fulham possible starting lineup:
eno; Tete, Diop, Ream, Robinson; Reed, Lukic; Willian, Pereira, Solomon; Mitrovic
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Arsenal boss Arteta is working around a striker crisis at present, with all of Eddie Nketiah, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Jesus missing the draw with Sporting alongside long-term absentee Mohamed Elneny, but Jesus is now back in full training as he takes the final steps towards his comeback from knee surgery.
Even if Jesus is given the green light here - which is wholly unlikely - he will only make the bench at best, but on a brighter note, Arteta can feel confident of having Kieran Tierney and Martin Odegaard back from illness for the trip to Fulham. Leandro Trossard is doubtful after injuring his groin against Bournemouth.
Despite hailing Fabio Vieira as the Gunners' most dangerous player against Sporting, Arteta will likely demote the Portugal playmaker if Odegaard proves his fitness, while Aaron Ramsdale, Gabriel Magalhaes and Thomas Partey are all primed to return to the first XI.
Arsenal
possible starting lineup:
Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Partey, Xhaka; Saka, Martinelli, Nelson
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