Fixture: Chelsea vs Arsenal
Competition: Premier League
Kick-off: 17:30 (UK time)

Arsenal have officially named their starting line-up and substitutes to lock horns with rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge this evening.

Unai Emery's men lost their Premier League opener last weekend, going down against Manchester City, and will be desperate not to lose two on the trot.




Emery is without Ainsley Maitland-Niles, who could miss six weeks with a leg injury, while Sead Kolasinac and Carl Jenkinson are also injured.

The Arsenal manager keeps faith with Petr Cech in goal, while in defence he selects Sokratis and Shkodran Mustafi as the central duo. Nacho Monreal and Hector Bellerin are full-backs, while Granit Xhaka and Matteo Guendouzi start. Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mesut Ozil and Alex Iwobi support Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

If Emery needs to make changes then he can look to his bench, where options include Danny Welbeck and Alexandre Lacazette.

 


Arsenal Team vs Chelsea

Cech, Bellerin, Sokratis, Mustafi, Monreal, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Iwobi, Aubameyang

Substitutes: Leno, Lichtsteiner, Elneny, Torreira, Ramsey, Welbeck, Lacazette