- Caicedo prepared to force a move to Arsenal this month
- Arsenal lead race to sign West Ham ace Declan Rice
- Real Sociedad reveal price tag of Arsenal target Zubimendi
- Arsenal remain interested in signing Premier League duo
- Arteta wants to make late swoop for a new midfielder
- Arsenal lining up move to sign Inter star Milan Skriniar
- Arsenal eyeing a move for Juventus ace Federico Chiesa
- Arsenal plotting January swoop for Amadou Onana
- Arsenal open talks to sign Juventus star Weston McKennie
- Arsenal reach agreement to sign Spanish talent Ivan Fresneda
Confirmed teams: Arsenal v Valencia – Guendouzi & Ozil start for Gunners
Arsenal take on Valencia in the first leg of our Europa League semi-final at the Emirates Stadium tonight.
Nacho Monreal misses out on a place in the starting eleven as Shkodran Mustafi lines-up alongside Sokratis and Laurent Koscielny in a back three with Sead Kolasinac and Ainsley Maitland-Niles occupying the wing-back positions.
Matteo Guendouzi comes in for Lucas Torreria in midfield with Granit Xhaka keeping his place. Mesut Ozil is recalled to support Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette in attack.
As expected, Petr Cech starts in goal with Bernd Leno dropping to the bench where he joins the likes of Alex Iwobi and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Here are the teams for the game:
Arsenal
Cech; Sokratis, Koscielny, Mustafi; Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Kolasinac; Ozil; Lacazette, Aubameyang
Subs: Leno, Elneny, Mkhitaryan, Torreira, Iwobi, Monreal, Nketiah
Valencia
Neto, Diakhaby, Garay, Paulista, Roncaglia, Piccini, Carlos Soler, Parejo, Gayà, Rodrigo, Guedes.
Subs: Domenech, Gameiro, Lato, Wass, Torres, Santi Mina, Ruben Sobrino