It’s PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal tomorrow and here’s our predicted Gunners XI.
Mikel Arteta‘s side need just one point to confirm their status as the group winners. A draw tomorrow will be enough to achieve our immediate target, but knowing the Spaniard, he’ll surely go for the win.
Predicted Arsenal XI vs PSV
After Arsenal’s disappointing result against Southampton on Sunday, we expect Arteta to name a strong lineup to get his side back to winning ways. We think he’ll make five changes from the weekend’s game.
Matt Turner is expected to replace Aaron Ramsdale in goal, and he’ll be hoping to make it four clean sheets on the bounce. We think Arteta will go with a back four of Takehiro Tomiyasu, Rob Holding, Gabriel Magalhaes and Kieran Tierney.
In midfield, we expect Granit Xhaka to keep his place in the side alongside Albert Sambi Lokonga, who has been a regular in the Europa League so far this season. He really needs to step up tomorrow.
Fabio Vieira will also come back into the side in place of skipper Martin Odegaard in attacking midfield.
Our front three has to be a strong one, and we have a sneaky feeling Arteta will name his first-choice attack, which means Eddie Nketiah may have to sit out for the first time in the Europa League this season.
We think Arteta will go with Gabriel Martinelli on the left, Gabriel Jesus through the middle and Bukayo Saka on the right to make sure there are no hiccups after what happened on Sunday.
Predicted Arsenal XI vs PSV: Turner, Tomiyasu, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Xhaka, Lokonga, Vieira, Saka, Martinelli, Jesus.
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