Mikel Arteta has made four changes to his starting line-up to face Slavia Prague on Matchday Four of the Champions League league phase.
In comes Christian Norgaard, replacing the suspended Martin Zubimendi, while Ethan Nwaneri also makes his first start of the season in European competition, with Eberechi Eze dropping to the bench.
Viktor Gyokeres picked up an injury at the weekend, so Mikel Merino starts up front, while the other change is in the backline, with Piero Hincapie starting in place of Riccardo Calafiori.
The bench features the likes of Max Dowman, Charles Sagoe Jr and Andre Harriman-Annous, with goalkeepers Tommy Setford and Alexei Rojas-Fedorushchenko also among the substitutes, with Kepa Arrizabalaga out injured.
Slavia, meanwhile, have made two changes to the team that won 2-0 against Banik Ostrava on Saturday to take them to the top of the Czech league. Greek international Christos Zafeiris returns in central midfield in place of Oscar, while strike Mojmir Chytil is benched with left wing-back Youssoupha Mbodji added to the line-up.
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Line-ups
Slavia: Markovic, Vlcek, Zima, Chaloupek, Moses, Zafeiris, Mbodji, Sadilek, Provod, Chory, Sanyang.
Subs: Stanek, Rezek, Cham, Hashioka, Kusej, Chytil, Boril, Doudera, Prekop, Toula, Jelinek, Kolisek.
Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie, Rice, Norgaard, Nwaneri, Saka, Trossard, Merino.
Subs: Setford, Rojas-Fedorushchenko, Mosquera, White, Eze, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Sagoe Jr, Harriman-Annous.
Ahead of kick-off, get the latest stats, a guide to Slavia Prague’s season so far, their tactics and TV coverage in our match preview.
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