Bernd Leno
After a tough start to the season, Unai Emery’s men have come out all guns blazing with five consecutive victories in the Premier League. The Gunners triumphed 2-0 over Watford at the weekend at moved into the top five in the standings.
Unai Emery rotated his squad as the Gunners overcame the challenge of Vorskla in the Europa League on matchday one by a 4-2 margin.
And they should be the outright favourites once again when they make the trip to Azerbaijan to face Qarabag FK on Thursday.
Laurent Koscielny and Ainsley Maitland-Niles are out due to injuries while Petr Cech is expected to be out of action for a minimum of 3 weeks to nurse his thigh problem.
The German should take his position between the sticks in the absence of Petr Cech, who is injured.
The veteran had a good outing in the Europa League against Vorskla and followed it up with another impressive performance in the Carabao Cup. Emery should hand him a start ahead of Hector Bellerin, who deserves a rest.
He has looked solid in the heart of the defence and should replace Shkodran Mustafi, who has had plenty of howlers in the season so far.
The Greek international is back from injury and Emery should team him up with Holding in the backline.
He has been out with an injury since the pre-season games and Emery should rest Nacho Monreal to test him out in the Europa League.
The Egyptian fared well in the last Europa League fixture and Emery should give Lucas Torreira a break.
The youngster has shown a lot of promise and should start ahead of Granit Xhaka.
The English international scored in the Europa League and followed it up with a brace in the Carabao Cup. Emery must start him ahead of Mesut Ozil.
The Nigerian has been given regular minutes on a consistent basis and has shown a lot of promise in the final third. Emery should hand him another start.’
The teenager made his debut on matchday one and started in the Carabao Cup. Emery should give him another start to allow him to grow in confidence.
The prolific finisher hasn’t gotten enough chances to perform this season and Emery should test him out against Qarabag to give Alexandre Lacazette a break.
