Arsenal host Basel in the Champions League this evening.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger during training
Arsenal host Basel in the Champions League this evening and have announced their line-up.
The Gunners will be confident of a victory after demolishing Chelsea at The Emirates days earlier.
Basel are no pushover though, having beaten Manchester United and Chelsea in the Champions League in recent seasons.
Arsenal drew their first Champions League match, earning a creditable point away to Paris Saint-Germain.
It has given them a platform and taken the pressure off for this encounter, but if they fail to take advantage of that and win here, then their hard work will be undone.
Basel drew their first game against Ludogorets, and need to get a result against Arsenal before they head into two games against PSG.
Here is a look at how Arsenal line up for the fixture…
Arsenal lineup
Starting:
- David Ospina
- Héctor Bellerín
- Laurent Koscielny
- Nacho Monreal
- Shkodran Mustafi
- Santi Cazorla
- Granit Xhaka
- Mesut Özil
- Alex Iwobi
- Alexis Sánchez
- Theo Walcott
Substitutes: Petr Čech, Kieran Gibbs, Gabriel Paulista, Mohamed Elneny, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, Lucas Pérez.
Basel lineup
Starting:
- Tomáš Vaclík
- Éder Álvarez Balanta
- Michael Lang
- Marek Suchý
- Adama Traoré
- Birkir Bjarnason
- Alexander Fransson
- Renato Steffen
- Taulant Xhaka
- Luca Zuffi
- Seydou Doumbia
Substitutes: Germano Vailati, Omar Gaber, Daniel Høegh, Davide Callà, Matías Delgado, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Andraž Šporar.
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