Leeds v Arsenal LIVE: The Gunners are looking to extend their Premier League lead and have a superb record against the Whites – kick-off time, team news, how to follow

Premier League leaders Arsenal travel to Leeds this weekend as they look to maintain their superb start to the season.

The Gunners have won eight of their nine games so far this season and lead Manchester City by one point at the top.

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Mikel Arteta’s side have beaten Tottenham and Liverpool in their last two top-flight games to cement their true title credentials this year.

Now the north Londoners will head to Elland Road to take on an out-of-form Leeds side.

Jesse Marsch’s men have not won in the Premier League since August 21 and lost 2-1 at Crystal Palace last weekend.

Leeds also have a poor record against Arsenal having lost 10 of their last 12 meetings in all competitions and not beating them since May 2003.

Leeds v Arsenal: Date and how to follow

This Premier League fixture will take place on Sunday, October 16.

Kick-off at Elland Road is scheduled for 2 p.m.

This match was not chosen for live TV coverage in the UK, with Sky Sports showing Aston Villa against Chelsea instead.

However, you can tune into talkSPORT for regular match updates.

To tune into talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 via the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen through the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Leeds v Arsenal: team news

Luis Sinisterra will return for Leeds after serving his one-game ban.

Marsch has no major new issues, and Junior Firpo and Archie Gray are set to get involved again.

Stuart Dallas, Adam Forshaw and Leo Hjelde are long-time absentees.

Arsenal could welcome back Oleksandr Zinchenko following his calf injury.

Emile Smith Rowe and Mohamed Elneny remain on the sidelines.

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Leeds v Arsenal: match facts

• Leeds have had fewer 10+ streaks than any other Premier League side this season (42), 80 less than fourth-placed Arsenal (122).
• Arsenal have won eight of their nine Premier League games this season (L1) – only in 1903-04 (in the second tier) did they win up to nine of their first ten games of a campaign of championship. Each of the last four teams to win up to nine of their first 10 games of a Premier League season have won the title (Chelsea in 2005-06, Man City in 2011-12 and 2017-18 and Liverpool in 2019 – 20).
• Leeds are unbeaten at home in the Premier League so far this season, winning two and drawing two of their four games at Elland Road. They have only gone unbeaten twice in their first five home games in a single Premier League campaign, in 1992-93 and 2001-02.
• Arsenal have scored three goals in each of their last three Premier League games, the last doing so more consecutively between August and September 2004 (a run of five).
• This is Arsenal’s fifth Premier League game this season to start the day top of the table, already two more such games than in their previous seven campaigns combined (3). Indeed, it’s their most in a single campaign since 2013-14 (14).
• Arsenal have kept three clean sheets in their four Premier League away games this season, as many as in their previous 14 on the road. The Gunners have won 10 of their last 15 away league matches (L5), starting with a 4-1 win at Leeds last December.
• Leeds are winless in five Premier League games, alternating defeat and draw each time (D2 L3). They lost to Crystal Palace last time out, last losing consecutive league games in May (a run of three, including the second against Arsenal).
• Arsenal have won five of their last six league games against Leeds (D1), including each of the last three in a row. They have only beaten the Whites once in four consecutive league matches, between November 1936 and April 1938.
• Leeds are winless in their last five Premier League home games against Arsenal (D2 L3) since a 1-0 win in November 2000. Their three defeats in that run have been by a 4-1 scoreline.
• Gabriel Martinelli has started each of Arsenal’s last 10 Premier League games, his longest streak of consecutive starts in the competition. The Brazilian has been involved in eight goals in those 10 games (5 goals, 3 assists), scoring and assisting in the Gunners’ 3-2 win over Liverpool last time out.