Sunderland vs Arsenal team news, line-ups and predictions: Aaron Ramsey makes the bench after injury as Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain start for Gunners
Gunners striker Perez is KO'd for two months with ankle injury but Welsh star Ramsey is named in squad for Black Cats trip
ARSENAL boss Arsene Wengerhas made two changes to the team that drew with Middlesbrough last week.
The biggest news, however, sees Aaron Ramsey return to the Gunners bench after injury on the opening day of the season.
Sunderland (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Jones, Kone, O’Shea, Van Aanholt; Rodwell, Ndong; Watmore, Pienaar, Khazri. Defoe
Subs: Mika, Djilobodji, Love, Anichebe, Manquillo, Januzaj, Gooch.
Arsenal: (4-2-3-1): Cech; Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs; Coquelin, Elneny; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Iwobi; Sanchez.
Subs: Ospina, Jenkinson, Holding, Gabriel, Maitland-Niles, Ramsey, Giroud.
Sunderland boss David Moyes makes one change to the team that lost to West Ham last week, Billy Jones replacing Javier Manquillo.
Adnan Januzaj has returned from injury to make the bench for David Moyes.
Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain come in after impressive performances in the EFL Cup in midweek.
Nacho Monreal and Theo Walcott don't even make the bench as Olivier Giroud also returns.
Wenger confirmed on Friday that striker Lucas Perez will be out for up to two months with an ankle injury.
The £17million summer signing from Deportivo La Coruna was crocked in the Gunners' 2-0 win over Reading on Tuesday.
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