Arsenal are without Mesut Ozil, but bring back centre-back Laurent Koscielny to partner Gabriel for his his 150th Premier League appearance against Newcastle.
Ozil is suffering with a knee injury, while Olivier Giroud is also replaced by Theo Walcott up front as the Gunners seek to bounce back from a poor start to the season already.
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Per Mertesacker is still out with a chest infection, but Arsene Wenger will be pleased that Koscielny is back in action after recovering from a back complaint.
Newcastle have new signings Florian Thauvin, Georginio Wijnaldum and Aleksandar Mitrovic
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Chancel Mbemba also starts in defence as Steve McClaren looks to blunt the Gunners' attack.