Bayern Munich (h): Team News From The Emirates Stadium

The Gunners host Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium in the UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final 1st leg this evening. Tonight’s referee is Glenn Nyberg and the kick-off is at 20:00, live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate.

Team news for both sides will be published below, so refresh the page at 19:00 to see both line-ups.

Arsenal XI: David Raya, White, Kiwior, Saliba, Gabriel, Jorginho, Odegaard (c), Rice, Martinelli, Havertz, Saka.

Substitutes: Hein (GK), Zinchenko, Ramsdale (GK), Thomas, Jesus, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, T. Tomiyasu, Trossard, Vieira, Nelson, Elneny.

Bayern Munich XI: M. Neuer (c), J. Kimmich, A. Davies, E. Dier, M. de Ligt, S. Gnabry, K. Laimer, L. Sané, L. Goretzka, J. Musiala, H. Kane.

Substitutes: N. Mazraoui, A. Pavlović, D. Upamecano, Kim Min-Jae, K. Coman, E. Choupo-Moting, Bryan Zaragoza, Daniel Peretz (GK), Raphaël Guerreiro, T. Müller, S. Ulreich (GK), M. Tel.

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden).
Assistant Referee: Mahbod Beigi (Sweden).
Assistant Referee: Andreas Söderqvist (Sweden).
Fourth Official: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden).
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands).
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler (Netherlands).
UEFA Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain).
UEFA Delegate: Paolo Rondelli (San Marino).

Pre-match views from the forum:

El Duderino: “Strangely calm about this, and actually don’t care about the result as long as we put in some effort.

The team did well to get this far and overcome that mental hurdle shown at Porto.

I’ll get nervous if we reach the semi-final.”

Sniper Mik: “If we don’t progress I’ll be absolutely gutted but also slightly relieved cause I don’t think our title challenge can sustain 180 mins of Real/City in between.”

Reaction to the team news:

SA Gunner: “Interesting setup, seems we are expecting a tight, tactical game where we choose moments to attack. Martinelli’s inclusion suggests a focus on counter-attacks too.

Martinelli starting suggests we gonna attack space from the get-go, good to see.”

Yousif Arsenal: “Expected line-up but thought G. Jesus was starting.

Bayern only their attack worry me with our high line the rest of the team is beatable.”