Lineups for the fixture between Arsenal and Stoke City have been revealed officially.
Arsenal
Starting IX: David Ospina; Mathieu Debuchy, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal; Francis Coquelin, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain; Tomas Rosicky, Santi Cazorla, Alexis Alexis; Olivier Giroud.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger starts David Ospina ahead of Wojciech Szczesny.
The defensive line remains the same expect Kieren Gibbs, who is replaced by Nacho Monreal.
Youngsters Francis Coquelin and Oxlade-Chamberlain keep their place in the midfield.
Alexis Sanchez, Tomas Rosicky and Santi Cazorla all start behind the striker Olivier Giroud who returns from three game suspension.
Substitutes: Wojciech Szczesny, Hector Bellerin, Mathieu Flamini, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil, Joel Campbell, Theo Walcott.
Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey are back in the squad and are likely to take some part in this game.
Stoke City
Starting IX: Asmir Begovic; David Cameron, Philipp Wollscheid, Ryan Shawcross, Erik Pieters; Steven N’Zonzi, Glenn Whelan; Marko Arnautovic, Bojan Krkic, Jonathan Walters; Peter Crouch.
Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has made some changes.
Asmir Begovic remains in the goal but Marc Muniesa is replaced by Philipp Wollscheid teaming up with skipper Ryan Shawcorss in the heart of defence. The full-backs remain the same, David Cameron from the left side and Erik Pieters from the right.
Steven N’Zonzi and Glenn Whelan take their role in the centre of midfield. Marko Arnautovic, Jonathan Walters starts from the flanks and Bojan starts behind Peter Crouch after returning from an injury.
Substitutes: Jack Butland, Marc Muniesa, Stephen Ireland, Marc Wilson, Victor Moses, Charlie Adam, Steve Sidwell.
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