Arteta to drop Partey, 2 big changes | Expected Arsenal line-up (4-3-3) vs Dinamo Zagreb

Arsenal welcome Dinamo Zagreb in tonight’s Champions League encounter at the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners played out a disappointing 2-2 draw against Aston Villa in the Premier League last weekend.

They were on course for a convincing 2-0 victory before letting the advantage slip from their hands.

Manager Mikel Arteta will want a better showing tonight where Arsenal are favourites to beat Zagreb.

The Gunners are fifth in the Champions League table with 13 points with a game in hand. They can bolster their prospects of finishing in the top-eight of the league phase with a victory.

Formation: 4-3-3

Predicted Line-up:

David Raya remains an undisputed starter for the Gunners in the Premier League and Champions League outings. He is guaranteed to start between the sticks and will be eyeing a clean sheet.

The defence should see a solitary change. The experiment of playing Thomas Partey at right-back proved costly.

Partey failed to cut down the cross for Villa’s opening goal before failing to track Ollie Watkins for the second.

The Ghanaian is likely to be dropped to the bench. We anticipate Jurrien Timber will return to right-back.

Jakub Kiwior could accompany Gabriel Magalhaes in the heart of the defence with William Saliba injured.

Riccardo Calafiori has just returned from another injury. Myles Lewis-Skelly should continue as the left-back tonight.

In midfield, Mikel Merino could be axed from the XI after an unconvincing display versus the Villans.

The Spaniard was poorly positioned as Youri Tielemans brought Villa back into the contest.

We expect Jorginho to feature as the number six tonight, which would free up Declan Rice to operate in a more attacking role.

Martin Odegaard should accompany Rice in central midfield, but the captain needs to step up. His form has dipped recently.

Further forward, we don’t see any changes. Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard will likely to keep their places.

Trossard bagged two assists at the weekend while Havertz and Martinelli scored the goals.

Ethan Nwaneri could get minutes off the bench after recovering from a minor muscle injury.

How Arsenal could line up vs Dinamo Zagreb