Unai Emery’s Arsenal will face Vitoria de Guimaraes at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday evening.
Arsenal will be looking to bounce back from their defeat to Sheffield United on Monday evening with victory over Vitoria de Guimaraes in the Europa League on Thursday evening.
The Gunners suffered a surprise 1-0 loss at the hands of United away from home in the Premier League, and Unai Emery’s side will be determined to bounce back against Vitoria in Europa League Group F on Thursday evening.
The North London outfit have won both of their Europa League games so far this season and will head into the match against Vitoria as favourites.
However, manager Unai Emery is likely to field a young team, as he has done for the past two games in Europe.
Emiliano Martinez is being used in the Europa League games, and the Argentine will be between the posts on Thursday evening.
Hector Bellerin, Shkodran Mustafi, Rob Holding and Kieran Tierney will be the back-four, and they will have Lucas Torreira and Real Madrid-owned midfielder Dani Ceballos in front of them.
Arsenal are likely to have a very young attacking midfielder lineup, with 22-year-old Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 19-year-old Emile Smith Rowe and 18-year-old Gabriel Martinelli in the team.
Alexandre Lacazette is likely to start his first competitive game since September 1, with the 28-year-old France international having recovered from an ankle injury.
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