[Teams] Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal: Confirmed Line-Ups

Arsenal will be looking to book their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup when we take on Nottingham Forest at the City Ground this afternoon.

Arsene Wenger has rested his key men ahead of Wednesday night’s League Cup semi-final first leg with Chelsea so David Ospina comes in for Petr Cech between the sticks.

Mathieu Debuchy plays in a back three along with Per Mertesacker and Rob Holding while Reiss Nelson and Ainsley Maitland-Niles occupy the wing-back roles.

Youngster Joe Willock lines-up with Mohamed Elneny in the middle of the park with Alex Iwobi and Theo Walcott supporting Danny Welbeck in attack.

These are the confirmed line-ups for the game:

Nottingham Forest

Smith, Lichaj, Mancienne, Traore, Osborn, Cash, Clough, Brereton, Dowell, Vaughan, Worrall

Subs: Henderson, Mills, McKay, Bouchalakis, Walker, Cummings, Vellios

Arsenal

Ospina, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Holding, Willock, Elneny, Maitland-Niles, Nelson, Iwobi, Walcott, Welbeck

Subs: Macey, Chambers, Osei-Tutu, DaSilva, Reine-Adelaide, Akpom, Nketiah