Fixture: Arsenal vs Aston Villa
Competition: FA Cup Final
Kick-off: 17:30 (UK time)
Arsenal have announced their team to take on Aston Villa in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium this afternoon as they look to defend the trophy they won last year.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has selected Theo Walcott to start in the final, with the forward's hat-trick against West Brom on the final day of the Premier League season enough to see him included. As a result, Olivier Giroud drops to the bench.
Wojciech Szczesny is between the sticks for Arsenal, with Hector Bellerin, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny and Nacho Monreal the defence in front of him. Francis Coquelin, Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez also play. On the bench, along with Giroud, are David Ospina, Kieran Gibbs, Gabriel Paulista, Mathieu Flamini, Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Should Arsenal win the FA Cup today, they will surpass Manchester United and become the most successful side in the competition with 12 victories to their name. They would also capture their second successive FA Cup.
Arsenal Team vs Aston Villa
Szczesny, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez, Walcott
Substitutes: Ospina, Gibbs, Gabriel, Flamini, Wilshere, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Giroud
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