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Arsenal’s predicted XI vs Olympiacos

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Arsenal have a chance to extract an element of revenge upon Olympiacos in the Europa League on Thursday evening.

Indeed, for the second year in a row, the Gunners have drawn the Greek outfit in the knockout stages in Europe, and they will be hoping for a different result this time around.

Olympiacos managed to get the better of them over two legs last year, and we’re sure that Mikel Arteta will be desperate to right that wrong, and with that in mind, we’ve had a go at predicting Arsenal’s XI for this one.

We think that Arsenal will make four changes for this game.

The Europa League always represents a bit of a chance to rotate, and we think Mikel Arteta may have one eye on the upcoming north London derby at the weekend.

This is by no means a weak side, but a few players have been rested with the Tottenham game in mind.

The back five sees just one change, with Hector Bellerin coming in for David Luiz as Calum Chambers moves to centre-half.

There’s a new-look pivot in midfield as Dani Ceballos and Mohamed Elneny come in for Thomas Partey and Granit Xhaka.

Martin Odegaard starts in the number 10 position, while Bukayo Saka and Nicolas Pepe start on the wings, with Emile Smith Rowe’s fitness still up in the air.

Alexandre Lacazette starts up top for this clash.

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