[Teams] Stoke City vs Arsenal: Confirmed Line-Ups

Arsenal take on Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium this afternoon looking to keep pace at the top of the Premier League.

The Gunners head into the weekend fixtures sitting just one point adrift of leaders Chelsea so will be hoping to take advantage of any slip up from their rivals to climb back to the summit.

Arsene Wenger has opted to leave Mesut Ozil on the bench with Santi Cazorla, Lukas Podolski and Tomas Rosicky starting in attack. Kieran Gibbs is passed fit while Jack Wilshere starts alongside Mikel Arteta in midfield.

Here are the confirmed line-ups:

Stoke

Begovic; Cameron, Shawcross, Wilson, Pieters; Walters, Nzonzi, Whelan, Adam, Arnautovic; Crouch

Subs: Sorensen, Muniesa, Palacios, Guidetti, Etherington, Wilkinson, Ireland.

Arsenal

Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud

Subs: Fabianski, Vermaelen, Flamini, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gnabry, Sanogo

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