Arsenal starting XI: Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Kiwior; Jorginho, Havertz, Smith Rowe; Nelson, Sagoe Jr, Nketiah.
Arsenal substitutes: Hein, Cedric, Sweet, Walters, Zinchenko, Elneny, Odegaard, Cozier-Duberry, Jesus.
Mikel Arteta is looking to get Arsenal back to winning ways against Brentford this evening.
The EFL Cup takes centre stage tonight, just days after Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.
Arteta has unsurprisingly rotated much of his team, starting with Aaron Ramsdale in goal.
Ramsdale has recently lost his place in the Arsenal side but is back in for the first time since before the international break.
Takehiro Tomiyasu and Jakub Kiwior line up as the full backs tonight with Ben White and Gabriel Magalhaes in the heart of defence.
Jorginho will sit in front of the back four, hoping to get back on track after a costly error against Tottenham.
Kai Havertz joins his former Chelsea teammate in midfield whilst there is a very rare start for Emile Smith Rowe.
Eddie Nketiah leads the line with Reiss Nelson on one flank and Charles Sagoe Jr on the other.
Sagoe Jr has been hailed as ‘unpredictable’ by Nelson with the 19-year-old now given a chance to shine.
Fellow 19-year-old James Sweet makes the bench alongside youngsters Karl Hein, Reuell Walters and Amario Cozier-Duberry.
Cedric Soares, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Mohamed Elneny, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Jesus make up the rest of the Arsenal bench tonight.
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