Arsenal will visit Azerbaijan as they are scheduled for Europa League group stage clash against Qarabag FK on Thursday night.
Unai Emery will be keen to extend their winning streak to eight matches in all competitions whereas Qarabag on the other side had suffered defeat to Sporting Lisbon in their opening fixture of Europa league this season.
When & Where?
Venue: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium
Date: Thursday, 4 October
Kick-off: 5:55pm BST
Team News
For Arsenal, Henrikh Mkhitaryan participation is highly doubtful due to political tensions going on between the midfielder’s nation Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Injury to Petr Cech means Brend Leno is now expected to retain his place with third choice keeper Emiliano Martinez on the bench. Sead Kolasinac could start at left-back position while Alex Iwobi’s fine display against Watford could earn him an opportunity to start this Thursday.
Danny Welbeck could feature in place of Aubameyang or Lacazette.
Konstantinos Mavropanos (groin), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (fractured fibula) and Laurent Koscielny (Achilles) are all out due to injury but Emile Smith Rowe is now available again after overcoming a hip issue.
For Qarabag, Dani Quintana is the only reported injury concern.
Probable Line-ups
Arsenal XI: Leno; Lichtsteiner, Holding, Sokratis, Kolasinac; Elneny, Guendouzi; Iwobi, Ramsey, Aubameyang; Welbeck
Qarabag XI: Vagner; Medvedev, Rzezniczak, Huseynov, Guerrier; Qarayev, Diniyev; Medetov, Michel, Zoubir; Emeghara
