Three reasons why Preston will knock Arsenal out of the FA Cup

Gunned down with injury

Arsenal will be without at least six of their first team players for Saturday’s fixture; with another seven players doubtful.

Mesut Ozil, Santi Cazorla, Chuba Akpom, Mathieu Debuchy and Francis Coquelin will all miss the match at Deepdale through injury. Mohamed Elneny will be at the African Cup of Nations, meaning he will also miss the third round tie.

To make matters worse, Per Mertesacker, Danny Welbeck, Laurent Koscielny, Lucas Perez, Kieran Gibbs and Theo Walcott are all doubts for ‘the clash of the invincibles’.

With Arsene Wenger forced to rotate his side, the Championship outift may not have a better opportunity to eliminate the Gunners from the competition for the first team in over 75 years.