Arsenal’s Predicted XI: We predict Mikel Arteta’s starting XI as the Gunners visit Sheffield United in the FA Cup quarter finals
Arteta wants to add to his Arsenal squad in the summer.
Arsenal’s Predicted XI: We predict Mikel Arteta’s starting XI as the Gunners visit Sheffield United in the FA Cup quarter finals.
It has been a turbulent return to football for Arsenal, suffering two defeats in their first two games, including a poor 2-1 loss away at Brighton & Hove Albion.
However, re-visiting the South Coast on Thursday night away as Southampton, Arteta’s men put in a much better performance and grabbed all three points in a 2-0 win.
They now face-off against Sheffield United in the FA Cup, with both teams vying for a place in the semi finals.
How will Arsenal line-up in their fourth away game in succession. Here we predict Arteta’s XI…
Goalkeeper: The biggest talking point from the game away at Brighton was the injury sustained by Bernd Leno. Martinez will start again in goal, following his clean sheet on Thursday night.
Defenders: Arteta Has a difficult decision on his side as he weighs up consistency with giving other players a rest and run out to improve his squad overall. With that in mind, we believe David Luiz may start this game alongside Rob Holding. The two starting full backs will be Hector Bellerin and Saed Kolasinac.
Midfielders: Another controversial player Matteo Guendouzi will probably find himself out the side again, having been dropped by Arteta. Bukayo Saka will get the nod again, after making an impressive start since lockdown. Dani Ceballos should also get the a starting place alongside Granit Xhaka as Arteta attempts to try and get some sort of consistency in terms of personnel to this Arsenal side.
Forwards: Eddie Nkeitah got amongst the goals down on the South Coast and once again it’s between him and Alexandre Lacazette for this one. Although we think Nketiah will get the nod this week. That leaves Nicolas Pepe on the right, with club captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang deployed on the left.
Predicted XI: Martinez, Bellerin, Luiz, Holding, Kolasinac; Xhaka, Ceballos, Saka; Pepe, Aubameyang, Nketiah