The Gunners had complete control.

Following thrilling draws at the weekend, Preston North End and Arsenal will compete for a place in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals at Deepdale on Wednesday evening.

Arsenal thrashed Bolton Wanderers 5-1 to advance to the fourth round, while the Championship side triumphed over Fulham in one of the most dramatic penalty shootouts English football has ever seen.

Preston North End vs Arsenal team news

When one Arsenal defender returned from a spell out – Saliba having served a one-match suspension – two others had to make way for him, with Gabriel appearing to have suffered a knee injury in the draw against Liverpool, while Jurrien Timber had to leave the pitch with suspected cramps.

However, neither of these players should risk playing in Wednesday's game even if they were fully fit – this also applies to other absentees such as Riccardo Calafiori (knee injury) and Martin Odegaard (ankle injury) – while Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee injury) and Kieran Tierney (muscle injury) are also sidelined with injuries.

The fact that reserve goalkeeper Neto was bound by cup regulations allowed 16-year-old Jack Porter to become the youngest player in Arsenal history to start in goal against Bolton, but another newly debuted goalkeeper – Tommy Setford, born in 2006 – could potentially start in his place.

Nwaneri, Myles Lewis-Skelly, and Josh Nichols are some of the young players Arteta can put his faith in on Wednesday night, alongside veterans like Raheem Sterling and Jorginho.

Meanwhile, Preston's treatment room currently has Ched Evans (discomfort), Patrick Bauer (elbow injury) and Will Keane (tendon injury), while Robbie Brady sprained his ankle in the draw against Plymouth and is not expected to be fit to play.

Montenegro striker Milutin Osmajic is also unavailable due to an eight-match ban for biting Blackburn Rovers defender Owen Beck, but Josh Bowler could return after being ill to provide Heckingbottom with an alternative to Brady.

Latest predicted lineups for Preston North End vs Arsenal

Preston North End:

Woodman; Kesler-Hayden, Hughes, Lindsay, Storey, Potts; Whiteman, Frokjaer-Jensen, Ledson; Greenwood, Riis

Arsenal:

Setford; Nichols, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Nwaneri, Jorginho, Rice; Sterling, Jesus, Martinelli

Latest football match prediction: Preston North End vs Arsenal

Receiving high praise from renowned Liverpool manager Arne Slot – who claimed Arsenal were the first team to outplay him for a short period on Sunday – the Gunners went into halftime with a deserved 2-1 lead given their dominance at the Emirates.

However, Mikel Arteta's defense, already without William Saliba due to suspension, came under heavy pressure when his formidable partner Gabriel Magalhaes also suffered an untimely injury, and Liverpool eventually broke through Arsenal's defense thanks to Mohamed Salah's last-minute goal.

Sunday's dramatic four-goal match was certainly more of a drop than a gain for Arsenal, who now have a five-point lead over Premier League leaders Manchester City to close, but the Gunners scored a spectacular five goals when they hosted Bolton in the Carabao Cup last month.

Seventeen-year-old gem Ethan Nwaneri scored two of Arsenal's efforts that evening, helping the Gunners avoid being eliminated in the third consecutive round of the Carabao Cup – a competition they haven't won in 31 years – but West Ham United ended their journey in the fourth round the previous season.

Arteta's team also has some mistakes to correct after Bournemouth inflicted their first domestic defeat of 2024 not long ago, and Arteta can empathize with his counterpart Paul Heckingbottom when it comes to losing the advantage, though not to the same degree.

A day before Arsenal and Liverpool lead the Premier League fixtures this weekend, Preston's trip to Plymouth Argyle was the highlight of the Championship fixtures in terms of results, with Heckingbottom's side looking to secure an impressive victory.

Wednesday's home side held a 3-0 lead with 35 minutes to spare, but Wayne Rooney's Argyle side never gave up and staged a spectacular comeback to salvage a point at Home Park; Morgan Whittaker's injury-time goal saved a 3-3 draw.

As the investigation into Saturday's collapse continues, Preston fans can at least recall a moment when their team had an impressive victory – they secured a place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with a record-breaking 16-15 penalty shootout win against Fulham.

Never before in Carabao Cup history has there been a longer penalty shootout than before, with Preston and Cottagers sharing 31 penalties, and although the draw with Plymouth felt like a setback for Heckingbottom's side, it extended their unbeaten run in the second division to five matches.

With just 14 points from 12 games, Preston are struggling in 16th place in the table, and all three of their most recent knockout matches against Arsenal have ended in defeat, most recently the 2016-17 FA Cup match where Olivier Giroud scored in the 89th minute.

Predicting the score for Preston North End vs Arsenal

Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have come up with the following predictions for the Preston North End vs Arsenal match:

• Sportsmole: Preston North End 0-2 Arsenal

• WhoScore: Preston North End 1-4 Arsenal
• Our prediction: Preston North End 0-2 Arsenal

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