By Danong
Tonight, Arsenal will face PSG in their trickiest Champions League phase fixture of the season.The new Champions League format saw Arsenal drawn against Atalanta, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Sporting CP, AS Monaco, GNK Dinamo Zagreb and Girona.
Arsenal's momentum going into this game includes beating Leicester 4-2 and returning to winning ways last weekend following two very creditable away draws against Atalanta and Manchester City; perhaps they can build on that.
Aside from returning to winning ways, the North Londoners will enter the match with a stronger squad. Yes, Mikel Merino and Martin Odegaard are still out but there is a positive update about Riccardo Calafiori and Ben White.
Notably, PSG will not be facing Arsenal at their strongest because they will be without their in-form star player, Ousmane Dembele.
With 4 goals and 3 assists in 6 Ligue 1 games so far, the Frenchman is on top form. Even so he reportedly fell out with PSG manager Luis Enrique, leading to his suspension for the Emirates visit.
Aside from Dembele the Parisians will be missing Presnel Kimpembe, Lucas Hernandez, and Gonçalo Ramos. Gianlugi Donnaruma, Marco Asensio, Desire Doue, Vitinha, and Nuno Mendes are all part of the squad but they missed their last game due to injury, which makes them injury doubts.
So which line-up can Arsenal field to pick their first win of this Champions League campaign?
Despite the desire for Ethan Nwaneri to start, I would prefer not to put him under pressure. As tricky as that fixture is, maybe he should just be introduced late on, like last weekend.
For the starting lineup, I think it should be unchanged from the one that faced Leicester.
Rotation can then be introduced for the home game against Southampton where Nwaneri could make his Premier League debut and certain players can be rested, thus helping to keep the squad fresh.
Raya
Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori
Partey, Rice, Trossard
Saka, Havertz, Martinelli
Arsenal's momentum going into this game includes beating Leicester 4-2 and returning to winning ways last weekend following two very creditable away draws against Atalanta and Manchester City; perhaps they can build on that.
Aside from returning to winning ways, the North Londoners will enter the match with a stronger squad. Yes, Mikel Merino and Martin Odegaard are still out but there is a positive update about Riccardo Calafiori and Ben White.
Reports indicated that Calafiori sustained an injury near the end of the match against Leicester. Ben White has also not started the last two Arsenal games due to injury. Even so, Arteta indicated that the two defenders are in the running to face PSG, which is a boost.
Notably, PSG will not be facing Arsenal at their strongest because they will be without their in-form star player, Ousmane Dembele.
Aside from Dembele the Parisians will be missing Presnel Kimpembe, Lucas Hernandez, and Gonçalo Ramos. Gianlugi Donnaruma, Marco Asensio, Desire Doue, Vitinha, and Nuno Mendes are all part of the squad but they missed their last game due to injury, which makes them injury doubts.
So which line-up can Arsenal field to pick their first win of this Champions League campaign?
For the starting lineup, I think it should be unchanged from the one that faced Leicester.
Rotation can then be introduced for the home game against Southampton where Nwaneri could make his Premier League debut and certain players can be rested, thus helping to keep the squad fresh.
Raya
Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori
Partey, Rice, Trossard
Saka, Havertz, Martinelli
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