ARSENAL managed to escape their 5-1 victory over West Ham relatively injury free, and name a largely unchanged line-up leading into their clash with Stoke.
Alexis Sanchez picked up a niggling back injury during the Gunners’ midweek Champions League battle with Basel.
#SCFC Starting XI v @Arsenal: Grant; Johnson, M.Indi, Muniesa; Diouf, Adam, Imbula, Pieters; Shaqiri, Allen, Arnautovic. pic.twitter.com/M8zUMenCVz
— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) December 10, 2016
And Sanchez starts up top at the Emirates on Saturday, with Lucas Perez and Olivier Giroud on the bench.
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For the home side, Mathieu Debuchy remains sidelined after picking up a hamstring injury against Bournemouth, while Spanish back Hector Bellerin is only fit for the bench.
Stoke welcome back Marko Arnautovic, but the game has come too soon for captain Ryan Shawcross, who has a calf injury.
The Potters are currently the worst injury-hit side in the Premier League, with eight players unavailable for selection.
Dutch international Bruno Martins Indi was the club’s latest casualty – suffering a suspected fractured cheekbone in the win over Burnley – but he is fit for the starting XI.
Likely squads
Arsenal: Cech, Ospina, Martinez, Jenkinson, Holding, Gabriel, Koscielny, Mustafi, Gibbs, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Coquelin, Ramsey, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Walcott, Reine-Adelaide, Iwobi, Sanchez, Akpom, Giroud
Stoke: Given, Grant, Shawcross, Pieters, Muniesa, Whelan, Adam, Imbula, Bojan, Shaqiri, Sobhi, Arnautovic, Walters, Bony, Diouf, Crouch.
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