Ahead of tonight’s crunch Champions League round of 16 second leg against Porto, Mikel Arteta has made one change to his side, with David Raya returning in goal.
We go in search of a spot in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, but needing to overturn a 1-0 aggregate deficit following the first leg, and with that in mind the boss has opted to make minimal changes to the team that beat Brentford on Saturday.
Raya returns in goal having been ineligible to play against the Bees, while there is good news in that Takehiro Tomiyasu is named on the bench.
Porto are unchanged from the side that beat us in the first leg, and that beat Portimonense on Friday in their last league outing. However, striker Mehdi Taremi is included on the bench after recovering from injury.
Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior, Jorginho, Rice, Odegaard, Saka, Trossard, Havertz.
Subs: Ramsdale, Hein, Cedric, Zinchenko, Tomiyasu, Elneny, Partey, Vieira, Smith Rowe, Nelson, Jesus, Nketiah.
Porto: Costa, Joao Mario, Pepe, Otavio, Wendell, Gonzalez, Varela, Conceicao, Pepe, Galeno, Evanilson.
Subs: Ramos, Sanchez, Cardoso, Ze Pedro, Grujic, Baro, Eustaquio, Jaime, Borges, Martinez, Namaso. Taremi.
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