Arsenal’s Eddie Nketiah has scored seven goals in eight League Cup appearances, including four in four at the Emirates Stadium. His first ever goals for the Gunners came in this competition, netting both goals in a 2-1 victory vs Norwich in October 2017.

Karen Carney
Former Arsenal midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

You can see the fluidity of the Arsenal team. The recruitment was really good. It's taken Mikel Arteta time to get this structure across. But a manager is only as good as his players.

The young players have been brilliant. The kids were phenomenal in the Europa League. They're first-team regulars now and deservedly so.

I'm enjoying watchng Arsenal now. It's fun.

Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 11 meetings with Sunderland (W8 D3) since a 2-0 loss in the FA Cup fifth round in February 2012.

This is the first meeting between the sides since May 2017, a 2-0 win for Arsenal in the Premier League.

Andy Reid
Ex-Sunderland midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

This is a fantastic game for Sunderland, the last thing [any player would] want to do is miss it through Covid.

A special mention for the 5,000 Sunderland fans. I was fortunate enough to play in front of them. They're some of the best fans. This time of year with everything going on, to go down and support their team is fantastic.

BBC Radio 5 Live

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Build-up has already started.

Sunderland

Sunderland boss Lee Johnson said it was just "dad banter" when he said he wanted to face the Gunners in the last four.

After beating QPR on penalties, he said: "I'd love to have Arsenal away, or Tottenham away if not that [in the quarters]. And then we'll wait for the really big guns when it's two legs."

Asked about it this week, he said: "I regret if it offended anybody because genuinely, anybody that knows me and probably watched the clip will know that it was tongue-in-cheek dad banter.

"I can assure you I've got 100% full respect because the first part of the question was a genuine answer in terms of they are the two clubs that I actually wanted to play because I haven't played there and I haven't managed there."

Quiz

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Arsenal have confirmed Albert Sambi Lokonga, Pablo Mari and Calum Chambers all miss out because they have Covid-19.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles is out with an unrelated illness.

Mikel Arteta makes nine changes to his Arsenal side that beat Leeds at the weekend, with Ben White and Martin Odegaard the only players to keep their place.

Bernd Leno, Cedric Soares, Nuno Tavares, Rob Holding, Mohamed Elneny, Emile Smith Rowe, Nicolas Pepe, Eddie Nketiah and Folarin Balogun come into the side.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Cedric, White, Holding, Tavares, Elneny, Odegaard, Smith Rowe, Pepe, Nketiah, Balogun.

Sunderland make two changes following their 1-1 draw with Ipswich on Saturday, with goalkeeper Lee Burge and midfielder Elliot Embleton coming into the side.

Sunderland XI: Burge, Winchester, Wright, Flanagan, Doyle, Gooch, Embleton, Neil, Pritchard, Broadhead, Stewart.

The final three quarter-finals are tomorrow at 19:45 GMT.

• Brentford v Chelsea
• Liverpool v Leicester City
• Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United

Sunderland, the only EFL side left in the tournament, go to in-form Arsenal.

The Black Cats are third in League One, only two points behind the automatic promotion places, after a seven-game unbeaten run in the league.

Hello and welcome to live text commentary of Arsenal v Sunderland in the first Carabao Cup quarter-final.