Arsenal will be without several first-team stars when they face Manchester United in their FA Cup Fourth Round clash on Friday (7.55pm).
Arsenal manager Unai Emery will have a number of key players absent when Manchester United visit the Emirates on Friday. Hector Bellerin and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are the latest Gunners stars to be ruled out, with the Spaniard having ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament against Chelsea.
Meanwhile, the Armenian winger has not yet recovered from a fractured metatarsal and remains on the sidelines with Danny Welbeck (ankle) and Rob Holding (knee).
The quartet are all unavailable to face the Red Devils, although Emery still has a strong squad to call upon.The Gunners manager is expecting a tough test when United visit, with the Red Devils enjoying a seven-game winning run since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over at Old Trafford.
However, the need to rest one of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette could give Ozil a chance to rediscover some form.Meanwhile, Konstantinos Mavropanos has returned to training and is in contention to feature at centre-back.
In his pre-match press conference, Emery said: “Mavropanos is coming back after his injuries and I think I can use him in the next matches.” The Greek defender could line-up alongside either Sokratis Papastathopoulos or Shkodran Mustafi with Laurent Koscielny expected to be rested.
Nacho Monreal should come in for Sead Kolasinac at left-back, Stephan Lichtsteiner may deputise in Bellerin’s absence on the other flank and Petr Cech is likely to replace Bernd Leno in goal.
(4-2-3-1): Cech; Lichtsteiner, Mavropanos, Sokratis, Monreal; Guendouzi, Xhaka; Willock, Ozil, Iwobi; Lacazette
Arsenal manager Unai Emery will have a number of key players absent when Manchester United visit the Emirates on Friday. Hector Bellerin and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are the latest Gunners stars to be ruled out, with the Spaniard having ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament against Chelsea.
Meanwhile, the Armenian winger has not yet recovered from a fractured metatarsal and remains on the sidelines with Danny Welbeck (ankle) and Rob Holding (knee).
The quartet are all unavailable to face the Red Devils, although Emery still has a strong squad to call upon.The Gunners manager is expecting a tough test when United visit, with the Red Devils enjoying a seven-game winning run since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over at Old Trafford.
However, the need to rest one of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette could give Ozil a chance to rediscover some form.Meanwhile, Konstantinos Mavropanos has returned to training and is in contention to feature at centre-back.
In his pre-match press conference, Emery said: “Mavropanos is coming back after his injuries and I think I can use him in the next matches.” The Greek defender could line-up alongside either Sokratis Papastathopoulos or Shkodran Mustafi with Laurent Koscielny expected to be rested.
Nacho Monreal should come in for Sead Kolasinac at left-back, Stephan Lichtsteiner may deputise in Bellerin’s absence on the other flank and Petr Cech is likely to replace Bernd Leno in goal.
(4-2-3-1): Cech; Lichtsteiner, Mavropanos, Sokratis, Monreal; Guendouzi, Xhaka; Willock, Ozil, Iwobi; Lacazette
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