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Mikel Arteta has made five changes to his side for today’s Premier League game against Nottingham Forest, with Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard and Bukayo Saka starting in attack.

The boss has shuffled his pack in his 250th match as our manager as he looks to bring us back to winning ways, with Trossard able to start despite limping off during Belgium’s loss to Israel on Monday night.

Saka and Martin Odegaard are all fit to play after recovering from injuries during the international break, but Declan Rice is only fit enough for a place on a strong bench that includes Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli and Thomas Partey, meaning , that Jorginho will enter the midfield together with our captain and Mikel Merino.

There is also good news in that Riccardo Calafiori is back in the starting line-up after a month out with a knee injury, with Jurren Timber expected to switch to right-back to replace Ben White, who will be out for the foreseeable future with his knee. surgery.

As for Forest, Nuno Espirito Santo has made two changes to the side that were beaten 3-1 at home by Newcastle United last time out, with England international Morgan Gibbs-White ruled out and top scorer Chris Wood on the bench.

That means James Ward-Prowse comes into the line-up, as does Taiwo Awonyi, who has scored in each of his last three Premier League games against us. Elliot Anderson is also out of the squad with a foot injury.

LINE UPs

Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Jorginho, Merino, Odegaard, Saka, Trossard, Jesus.
Subs: Neto, Zinchenko, Kiwior, Partey, Rice, Nwaneri, Sterling, Martinelli, Havertz.

Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno, Yates, Dominguez, Ward-Prowse, Elanga, Hudson-Odoi, Awonyi.
Subs: Miguel, Williams, Toffolo, Boly, Morato, Jota, Sosa, da Silva Moreira, Wood

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