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Confirmed: Fabio Vieira starts and Matt Turner absence explained as Arsenal lineup emerges

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Arsenal starting XI: Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, Holding, Saliba, Tierney; Lokonga; Vieira, Odegaard, Xhaka, Martinelli; Nketiah.

Arsenal substitutes: Hein, White, Partey, Gabriel, Saka, Jesus, Cedric, Nelson, Cirjan, Smith, Ibrahim.

Arsenal are back in Europa League action tonight as they head off to the Netherlands to take on PSV Eindhoven.

The Gunners beat PSV 1-0 last Thursday night as Granit Xhaka scored the only goal at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal take on the Dutch side again this evening and Mikel Arteta has named a strong side.

Aaron Ramsdale starts in goal for Arsenal with Matt Turner suffering from a groin injury that the Gunners don’t want to risk worsening according to James McNicholas of Gunnerblog.

Rob Holding comes into the team as he usually does in the Europa League, joining William Saliba in the heart of defence.

Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney at the full backs, featuring at right back and left back respectively.

Albert Sambi Lokonga will feature as the holding midfielder again, replacing Thomas Partey in the side.

Granit Xhaka and Martin Odegaard will then play further forward, as they do in the Premier League too.

It then looks like Fabio Vieira will play on the right side with Gabriel Martinelli on the left.

Eddie Nketiah will then lead the line for Arsenal with Gabriel Jesus only on the bench.

Youngsters Catalin Cirjan, Matt Smith and Bradley Ibrahim all make the Arsenal bench tonight too.

They’re joined by Karl Hein, Ben White, Partey, Gabriel Magalhaes, Bukayo Saka, Cedric Soares and Reiss Nelson.