Arsenal will host Swedish club Ostersunds FK in the 32nd leg of the Europa League at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday (22/2/2018) or Friday (23/2/2018). The Gunners pocketed a 3-0 victory in the first leg.
manager Arsene Wenger's team down the best squad when they won at home to Ostersunds last week. In this second leg match the Frenchman is likely to give an opportunity to some young players appear as a starter.
besides already pocketed a 3-0 advantage, Arsenal will also face a crucial match counter Manchester City in the League Cup final at Wembley on Saturday (25/2/2018). Another reason, Wenger also can not reduce the sick Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey is still in the recovery phase of injury.
"Ozil breaks on Monday and Tuesday I will definitely play it, but because he is sick, he has to work hard tomorrow and will not take part in the game," Wenger said of the German midfielder's condition.
in contrast to Ozil and Ramsey, Wenger ensured Henrikh Mkhitaryan's new recruit and striker Danny Welbeck will play from the first minute against Ostersunds FK. The Colombian goalkeeper, David Ospina, will also stand under the bar in place of Petr Cech.
wenger admitted quite impressed with the game exhibited Ostersunds FK in the first leg 32 Europa League last week. In particular, the 68-year-old formation spokesman praised the ability of Iranian Ostersunds striker Saman Ghoddos.
"He's a fantastic player, both technically and tactically, I'm very interested in him," he said. "The whole team also plays good football."
meanwhile, Ostersunds FK midfielder, Tesfaldet Tekie, still believes his team can surprise the Arsenal who this time acted as the host.
"I am happy with the effort we made in front of a very good team." I played my part and I tried my bestnow we will see, "he said.
The game in the second leg of the Europa League 32 is the second meeting for Arsenal and Ostersunds FK, after the premiere duel which was won by the Gunners with a landslide score 3-0, last week.
The order of Players :
#rsenal (4-3-3):
David Ospina; Calum Chambers, Per Mertesacker, Rob Holding, Sead Kolasinac; Joe Willock, Mohamed Elneny, Ainsley Maitland-Niles; Alex Iwobi, Danny Welbeck, Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Ostersunds FK (3-5-2):
Aly Keita; Ronald Mukiibi, Sotiris Papagiannopoulos, Tom Petterson; Samuel Mensah, Curtis Edwards, Brwa Nouri, Ken Sema, Dennis Widgren; Dino Islamovic, Alhaji Gero