Arsenal will face Leicester City on Friday night in the opening match of Premier League at the Emirates and will look to get off to a winning start.

The gunners will return to league action as they attempts to prove their critics wrong and bounce back from last season's disappointing campaign

Leicester also suffered a disappointing campaign last year as they were easily dethroned as champions, but Craig Shakespeare managed to halt their downward slide.

Expectations at both clubs vary, but there is similar pressure on both managers to deliver much better results this season.

Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Alexis Sanchez will play no part in club's opening League game after the Chilean suffered an abdominal strain in training.

There are concerns over the fitness of Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey, while Per Mertesacker is also a doubt, having been forced off in last Sunday's Community Shield clash against Chelsea.

Robert Huth will not feature against Arsenal as he continues to recover from an ankle injury, while Danny Drinkwater is considered a doubt due to a thigh injury he is carrying, but Islam Slimani should be available after suffering a nasty gash on his leg during pre-season.

Potential Arsenal XI: Cech; Holding, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Bellerin; Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil; Welbeck, Iwobi, Lacazette.

Potential Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs; Albrighton, James, Ndidi, Gray; Vardy, Iheanacho.