Sunday's FA Cup derby against Chelsea see a depleted home side take on guests who have a host of first-teamers returning from injury.

Tony Adams and Ray Parlour are suspended, while Martin Keown is struggling to return from injury.

This means that Arsenal can line up with Gilles Grimandi or Oleg Luzhny alongside Igors Stepanovs in central defence. The recently rested Dennis Bergkamp will be fired up and eager to impress, as will Kanu, who has reacted in the press about one of manager Arsène Wenger's less successful jokes.

Chelsea are boosted by the news that goalkeeper Ed De Goey, striker Eidur Gudjohnsen, defenders Graeme Le Saux and Jon Harley and midfielders Slavisa Jokanovic and Mario Stanic all came through a reserve game on Wednesday.

Wenger believes the quality of the Highbury pitch will be a vital factor for the clash between the top two sides in London. "We have a kind of freedom to play at Highbury that we don't find away from home," says Wenger to the Reuters news agency.