When Arsenal hosts Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday night, they will be hoping to get back to winning ways.
The London giants lost to Bournemouth in the league for the first time this season, and manager Mikel Arteta will want a big response.
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Due to the absence of Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Takehiro Tomiyasu, and Jurrien Timber from training, Arsenal has not received any reinforcements before the match.
4-2-3-1 is the formation.
Forecasted lineup:
In both Premier League and Champions League games, David Raya has been the Gunners’ unquestioned starting goalkeeper. The Spaniard should stay in goal because of his outstanding, world-class saves.
The same back four from the Cherries loss should be in front of him. Despite being sent off on Saturday, William Saliba just has a Premier League suspension. The France international has the opportunity to make amends by playing well in central defense with Gabriel Magalhaes.
Right and left backs Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori ought to be surefire starters.
With three holding midfielders against the Cherries, the manager was overly defensive, and we expect Mikel Merino to be benched. With Leandro Trossard starting at number 10, Thomas Partey and Declan Rice may start in the middle of the midfield this time.
Gabriel Martinelli would be able to start on the left flank as a result. Before being substituted early last weekend, Raheem Sterling was Arsenal’s finest offensive player. He should start on the right wing, with Saka probably missing out. We give Kai Havertz the upper hand over Gabriel Jesus.
Jesus might make another appearance off the bench because he hasn’t felt confident leading the line this term.
How Arsenal and Shakhtar might line up
