Arsenal v Aston Villa Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

[Brazilian Villain]

Pretty attacking line-up. Bailey rested, and good to see Cash and Lenglet back on the bench.

[TopDeck113]

About the strongest team that we can currently field.

[PaulWinch again]

Yikes come on Villa, surprise us.

[Deano's Mullet]

Looks like McGinn/Tielemans centrally i guess. If we can take our chances you never know.....

[PeterWithesShin]

[RamboandBruno]

Tielemans and McGinn have a lot of work to do today

[villadelph]

Big call by Unai going with Zaniolo and Diaby. Morgan and Youri need to have a good day.

[Mister E]

My immediate thought, with both Z and Rogers starting, is that we will be too open and lacking dynamism. I hope I'm wrong ...

[olaftab]

We are as weak as we have ever been since Unai took over, bench appears to be empty of good options other than Leon. Prayers needed.

[Bad English]

Just about to take to the skies from EDI. Come on you Villa boys!

FTF!

[PhilVill]

Boring nil nil please

[SoccerHQ]

Overall that's the best team we can put out in the circumstances.

They have huge threats out wide so Konsa and Digne are the two best at dealing with that. I also think Diaby has been in better form than Bailey in last six weeks so this is his chance to force a start on Thursday.

Also good to see Cashy and Lenglet return to the bench. They'll be options to start on Thursday if they get last 20 minutes today.

This isn't a white flag selection like Man. City so looking forward to seeing how we do.

[Sexual Ealing]

They’re going to slice through that midfield as often as they like. Not that the manager had any options due to Doug being a dickhead.

[Monty]

They’re going to slice through that midfield as often as they like. Not that the manager had any options due to Doug being a dickhead.

We're going to need a very disciplined McGinn.