Fixture: BATE Borisov vs Arsenal
Competition: Europa League
Kick-off: 18:00 (UK time)

Arsenal have announced their playing eleven and substitutes to lock horns with BATE Borisov in a Europa League group stage game in Belarus this evening.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has vowed to treat the competition with respect, but the Frenchman is still using the opportunity to rotate his side.




Wenger goes with David Ospina in goal, while at the back he picks Rob Holding, Per Mertesacker and Shkodran Mustafi, bringing a touch of first team experience to proceedings.

Elsewhere, the Arsenal manager selects an inexperienced midfield, though Mohamed Elneny does play. Further forward, Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere operate just behind Olivier Giroud.

If Wenger needs to make changes to his team during the course of the 90 minutes he can turn to his bench and call for Chuba Akpom, with Vlad Dragomir another option.

 


Arsenal Team vs BATE Borisov

Ospina, Holding, Mertesacker, Mustafi, Willock, Elneny, Nelson, Maitland-Niles, Walcott, Wilshere, Giroud

Substitutes: Macey, Dasilva, Gilmour, McGuane, Dragomir, Akpom, Nketiah