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The Gunners host Luton Town at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League this evening. Tonight’s referee is Craig Pawson and the kick-off is at 19:30, live on TNT Sports 2.
Team news for both sides will be published below, so refresh the page at 18:30 to see both line-ups.
Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Partey, Odegaard, Smith Rowe, Nelson, Trossard, Havertz.
Substitutes: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Jorginho, Rice, Vieira, Martinelli, Jesus, Nketiah.
Luton Town XI: Kaminski, Kabore, Hashioka, Mengi, Doughty, Barkley, Mpanzu, Clark, Townsend, Onyedinma, Morris.
Substitutes: Shea, Krul, Johnson, Berry, Piesold, Nelson, Chigozie, Chong, Woodrow.
Referee: Craig Pawson.
Assistant Referee: Marc Perry.
Assistant Referee: Steven Meredith.
Fourth Official: Simon Hooper.
Video Assistant Referee: Tim Robinson.
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Daniel Robathan.
Pre-match views from the forum:
Hinx: “I’d rest Saka, he’s clearly not 100% and we’re going to need him. Jesus in for him and Trossard on the other side, with Martinelli getting at least half an hour.
This is the sort of game Zinchenko excels in as well. Games we dominant against lesser opposition at home, where he can get on the ball and dictate play without too much exposure the other way.
Think it’s important we get some more minutes in Parteys legs too. He’s a game-changer for us in the middle on song, but he’s woefully out of form and not match fit. Yet. This is a perfect game to work towards correcting it.
Echoing the main sentiment, three points is the priority here. Secondly, we should be aiming to retain our GD margin against Liverpool who have a real chance to rack up the goals the next day. It’s an extra point up our sleeve if this continues to be such a close-run thing.
Exciting month ahead. Its good we’ve such important games twice a week in April. Bring it on.”
sakalacaxhaka: “I’d rotate 2/3 max for this game, keep the starting 11 strong, and then with the hope we are in a position to rotate after 60/70 minutes.
If we’re going to win the league we cannot take any game for granted, and Luton have shown time and time again they are no mugs, if you take them lightly you’ll be punished.
Saka had had two weeks off so I believe it was just rustiness and having to track back so much as to why he looked like he struggled, I very much doubt he gets rested.
I’d rotate Jesus for Martinelli and Jorginho for Partey, then if you can bring Saka, White, Rice and Saliba off with minutes to spare, but if you take any of them out the starting line-up right now you will see a huge drop-off.
Kiwior has looked solid for the most part (Silva gives everyone trouble), and we can afford for him to be risked as we have players coming back (Tomi, Zinchenko and Timber).”
