An Arsenal XI line up against Colchester United tonight, and several highly rated youngsters feature.
Arsenal’s final pre-season game takes place on Tuesday evening, against Football League side Colchester United.
The Arsenal under-21 XI comprises of several highly rated youngsters, including Gedion Zelalem and Chuba Akpom, stars of the pre-season tour of Asia.
Kick-off is at 7pm at Colchester’s Weston Homes Community Stadium.
The line-up is as follows:
Martinez, Bellerin, Hayden, Bensebaini, Moore, Zelalem, Olsson, Eisfeld, Iwobi, Jeffrey, Akpom.
Subs: Huddart, Pleguezuelo, O’Connor, Jebb, Maitland-Niles.
An interesting name in the starting line-up is Algerian youngster Ramy Bensebaini who began a trial with the club earlier this month, a teenager centre-back who plays for Paradou Athletic Club in his homeland.
Arsenal’s under-21 side begin their league campaign at the weekend away to Stoke’s under-21s.
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