- Arsenal ‘in the front row’ to sign Zubimendi this summer
- Arsenal tempted to swoop for £43m Benjamin Sesko
- Brighton could pay Arsenal at least £25m for Reiss Nelson
- Arsenal face a tough summer transfer fight for Antonio Nusa
- Arsenal to bid £85m for Sporting Lisbon’s Viktor Gyokeres
- Arsenal bid £60m for Real Madrid’s Brahim Diaz
- David Ornstein predicts Massive squad transformation for Arsenal this summer
- Arsenal to sell Ramsdale and Partey to fund summer business
- Arsenal interested in signing Jonathan David this summer
- Arsenal register interest in signing Weston McKennie
Confirmed line-ups: Arsenal vs Chelsea: Maitland-Niles & Bellerin start for Gunners
Arsenal desperately need victory to salvage something from a horrid season as we take on Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley this evening.
Mikel Arteta has made just one change from the side that beat Watford with Hector Bellerin recalled. Ainsley Maitland-Niles gets the nod over Bukayo Saka at left wing-back.
Emi Martinez continues in goal with Bernd Leno still recovering from a knee injury while Rob Holding starts in defence after Shkodran Mustafi was ruled out until October with a hamstring strain. David Luiz and Kieran Tierney line-up alongside Holding in the back three.
Granit Xhaka and Dani Ceballos start in midfield so Lucas Torreira is on the bench. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will be Arsenal’s main goal threat in attack while Alexandre Lacazette leads the line up front.
Interestingly, there is no place for Willian in the Chelsea squad despite being passed fit. Could it be because he’s decided to join Arsenal this summer?
These are the teams for the game:
Arsenal
Martinez; Holding, Luiz, Tierney; Bellerin, Ceballos, Xhaka, Maitland-Niles; Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
Subs: Macey, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira, Smith, Willock, Nelson, Saka, Nketiah
Chelsea
Caballero, James, Rudiger, Zouma, Azpilicueta, Alonso, Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount, Pulisic, Giroud
Subs: Kepa, Christensen, Kante, Barkley, Abraham, Pedro, Hudson-Odoi, Tomori, Emerson