[Teams] Arsenal vs Sunderland: Confirmed Line-Ups
Arsenal will look to get back to winning ways when they take on Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon.
Arsene Wenger has been forced into some changes with Santi Cazorla and Alexis Sanchez both ruled out with injuries that they picked up against Norwich last week.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain comes in to the side while Aaron Ramsey starts alongside Mathieu Flamini in the centre of the park.
Laurent Koscielny passes a late fitness test to start at the back while Theo Walcott is on the bench for the first time since suffering a calf injury six weeks ago.
Here are the confirmed line-ups:
Arsenal
Cech; Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Flamini, Ramsey; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Özil, Campbell; Giroud.
Subs: Ospina, Debuchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Walcott, Chambers, Iwobi.
Sunderland
Pantilimon, Yedlin, van Aanholt, Kaboul, O’Shea, Coates, Toivonen, M’Vila, Watmore, Borini, Fletcher
Subs: Mannone, Rodwell, Gomez, Jones, Lens, Graham, Johnson.
Back Arsenal to win 2-0 with Giroud first scorer at odds of 11/1
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