Carabao Cup: Arsenal host Nottingham Forest at the Emirates as Preston welcome Man City

Kieran Tierney makes his debut at left-back, while Rob Holding returns from his length injury

Carabao Cup: Arsenal host Nottingham Forest at the Emirates as Preston welcome Man City
Arsenal FC

Unai Emery has unexpectedly made wholesale changes to his Arsenal side from Sunday's win against Aston Villa.

The big news is that Kieran Tierney makes his debut at left-back, while Rob Holding returns from his length injury to play at centre-half. Hector Bellerin, meanwhile, is named on the bench.

Elsewhere, there is a first competitive start for 18-year-old striker Gabriel Martinelli.

Sabri Lamouchi, meanwhile, has made six changes from the Nottingham Forest side that beat Barnsley 1-0 in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday,

Ari Muric, who is on loan from Manchester City and played in this competition until the semi-final last season, starts in goal, having been dropped from their league side earlier in the season, while Lewis Grabban is on the bench.

ARSENAL TEAM NEWS

Starting XI: Martinez, Chambers, Holding, Mustafi, Tierney, Torreira, Willock, Nelson, Ozil, Smith Rowe, Martinelli

Subs: Macey, Bellerin, Bola, Burton, Ceballos, Saka, Balogun

N FOREST TEAM NEWS

Starting XI: Muric, Cash, Figueiredo, Robinson, Ribeiro, Chema, Silva, Johnson, Carvalho, Lolley, Adomah

Subs: Smith, Milosevic, Grabban, Ameobi, Sow, Gabriel, Mighten

Manchester City Line up

 

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