Arsenal travel to Azerbaijan in order to take on Qarabag FK in the Europa League and the Arsenal team news have a number of points which will surely make the fans happy.
The Gunners are on the back of a fine run under their new boss Unai Emery who seems to have brought back the positivity amongst the player which was lacking under Wenger.
After losing a number of his top players to injuries during the start of the season, the manager is finally getting his whole squad back as one after the other players return from injury.
Arsenal Team News:
The biggest Arsenal team news is the fact that Henrikh Mkhitaryan will not be travelling with the squad due to safety reasons.
Mkhitaryan is an Armenian international and currently, there are rising tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia due to which the London outfit have decided to leave the playmaker back in England.
Sokratis is also back to full fitness and might play a part on Thursday but we doubt that Unai Emery will start the match with him. Sokratis might come on as a substitute in the second half.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss Arsenal's Europa Leagueclash against Qarabag this week due to political tensions between Azerbaijan and his home country Armenia. #Arsenal pic.twitter.com/2rc8TLMJZh
— Anchorman (@Ankomani) October 2, 2018
Petr Cech is currently suffering from a hamstring injury meaning summer signing Bernd Leno will start the match. The German International has been slowly coming up with constant performances and it is only a matter of time before he becomes the regular Arsenal No 1.
Sead Kolasinac is also back from injury and was named on the bench against Watford during the weekend. He is expected to start vs Qarabag as Unai Emery looks to give Nacho Monreal a much-deserved rest.
In other Arsenal team news, the manager might rest Alexandre Lacazette on Thursday and give Danny Welbeck a chance up front.
Aaron Ramsey started the Watford game and is expected to play on Thursday as well. Alex Iwobi came off the bench during the weekend but the forward is expected to start against Qarabag.
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