Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey is supposedly optimistic about his chances of recovering from a thigh injury for Saturday's Premier League clash with Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.

The Ghana international has missed the Gunners' last two games with the issue, and Arsenal are not prepared to take any risks over his fitness while Jorginho continues his bright start to life in North London.

Even if Partey is passed fit, the 29-year-old may only make the bench as Jorginho deputises alongside Granit Xhaka and captain Martin Odegaard in the middle of the park.

Gabriel Jesus and Mohamed Elneny remain out as they recover from their respective knee surgeries, but Bukayo Saka is fine after taking several blows to the ankle against Aston Villa last weekend.

The 21-year-old is now out to become the youngest player since Cesc Fabregas in 2008 to record 50 Premier League goal involvements, having scored 26 and set up 23 more in the division so far. Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Martinelli - who was benched for Leandro Trossard before coming on to score Arsenal's fourth at Villa Park - will expect to join Saka in the final third.

Oleksandr Zinchenko scored his first Premier League goal against Villa last weekend and should retain his spot on the left, as Ben White fends off the threat of Takehiro Tomiyasu on the opposite flank.

At risk of going seven games without a clean sheet in all competitions, William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes will endeavour to right their recent wrongs in front of undisputed number one Aaron Ramsdale.

Arsenal possible starting lineup: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Jorginho, Xhaka; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli body check tags ::