Emmanuel Adebayor and Mathieu Flamini are in line to deputise and Emmanuel Eboue is pressing hard for a recall. Johan Djourou has a hamstring strain.
Manchester United have no fresh injury worries for the trip south and defender Wes Brown is back from a virus.
Arsenal (from): Lehmann, Eboue, Toure, Senderos, Clichy, Hleb, Fabregas, Flamini, Rosicky, Henry, Van Persie, Almunia, Adebayor, Baptista, Diaby, Hoyte, Aliadiere.
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Rooney, Larsson, Saha, Solskjaer, Park, Brown, Heinze, O'Shea, Fletcher.
Cristiano RONALDO is United's joint top scorer with 13 goals. They were all in the Premiership - making him the club's leading marksman in the League. He trails Chelsea's Didier Drogba by one in the race for the Barclays Golden Boot.
If he plays, Louis SAHA will be making his 150th career Premiership appearance (Newcastle, Fulham and Manchester United).
If he plays, Mikael SILVESTRE will be making his 350th appearance in Manchester United colours.