Arsène Wenger has said that Tony Adams has a good chance to play. Adams himself has said on the radio that he's itching to play - in fact he wanted to play against Man Utd so for the sake of his long-term fitness we should probably be grateful that Arsène said "no".

Nigel Winterburn's bruised knee is well on the road to recovery, and Lee Dixon was only being rested when left out against Bradford City.

Kanu is a big doubt, and since Overmars is likely to return on the left wing Thierry Henry will be up against Davor Suker for the second starting striker place alongside Dennis.

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