Confirmed Arsenal v Man City lineups: Wenger picks three-man defence again, Sterling on the bench

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Arsenal and Manchester City meet in the FA Cup semi-finals this afternoon.

After Chelsea beat Tottenham 4-2 on Saturday evening, Arsenal and Manchester City meet at Wembley Stadium this afternoon for a place in the FA Cup final.

The Gunners picked up a morale-boosting 2-1 win away at Middlesbrough on Monday night, with manager Arsene Wenger trialling a three-man defence – and he has stuck with that setup today.

Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny and Rob Holding start at the back, with Nacho Monreal and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as the wing backs, as the latter is picked ahead of Hector Bellerin.

Granit Xhaka partners Aaron Ramsey in midfield, with Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez called upon to support Olivier Giroud in the Arsenal attack.

Bellerin is named on the bench, and is joined by Emiliano Martinez, Kieran Gibbs, Francis Coquelin, Alex Iwobi, Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck.

Meanwhile, Manchester City hammered Southampton 3-0 last weekend, and Pep Guardiola can put himself one step closer to silverware with a win over Arsenal today.

Guardiola has been known for his tinkering this season, but he has gone with the same back line as last week, with Jesus Navas, Vincent Kompany, Nicolas Otamendi and Gael Clichy in front of goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.

Fernandinho and Yaya Toure start in midfield, with David Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Leroy Sane supporting striker Sergio Aguero, as Raheem Sterling has to make do with a place on the bench again.

Sterling is joined on the bench by Willy Caballero, Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksandar Kolarov, Fernando, Fabian Delph and Kelechi Iheanacho.