[Teams] Newcastle United vs Arsenal: Confirmed Line-Ups
Arsenal will put their Europa League exploits to one side when we head to St James’ Park to take on Newcastle United this afternoon.
Arsene Wenger has rested several players with Laurent Koscielny, Hector Bellerin, Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil all given the day off.
Calum Chambers starts at right-back while Rob Holding comes-in alongside Shkodran Mustafi but the big news is youngster Joe Willock makes his full Premier League debut in midfield.
Granit Xhaka returns from flu while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joins Alex Iwobi and Alexandre Lacazette in attack.
Here are the confirmed line-ups:
Newcastle
Dubravka; Yedlin, Lascelles, Lejeune, Dummett; Diame, Shelvey; Ritchie, Perez, Kenedy; Gayle
Subs: Darlow, Clark, Manquillo, Hayden, Murphy, Slimani, Joselu
Arsenal
Cech; Chambers, Mustafi, Holding, Monreal; Elneny, Xhaka, Willock; Iwobi, Aubameyang, Lacazette
Subs: Ospina, Maitland-Niles, Mertesacker, Kolasinac, Nelson, Welbeck, Nketiah
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