Arsenal Squad To Face Leicester City Revealed – Star Defender Selected Despite Injury Concerns, Mesut Ozil Returns

Arsenal take on Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium hoping to extend their win streak to 10 games.

The Gunners head into the clash in red-hot form and will welcome back Mesut Ozil who missed the 5-1 win over Fulham with back spasms.

Ozil returned to full team training over the international break while also celebrating his 30th birthday and getting carried away on Fortnite – but that’s another story altogether.

The playmaker of Turkish origin has been selected for the squad and is likely to start or at least make the match day team.

Head coach Unai Emery has included Sokratis Papastathopoulos in the provisional squad but he has had an injury scare on his ankle and will be assessed before the game.

Emery will be without defenders Laurent Koscielny (Achilles) and Konstantinos Mavropanos (groin).

Meanwhile, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Petr Cech return from leg and hamstring injuries respectively and make the squad.

Arsenal have won their last eight home games against Leicester, the last time the Foxes won away against the Gunners was back in 1973.

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Arsenal squad to face Leicester: Leno, Cech, Martinez, Bellerin, Lichtsteiner, Holding, Mustafi, Sokratis, Monreal, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Elneny, Torreira, Guendouzi, Ramsey, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Welbeck, Lacazette, Aubameyang.