Confirmed: Arsenal Line-Up vs Lille in the Champions League
Arsenal has announced their starting line-up for their first home Champions League match of the season against Lille. The team features several changes following their recent victory over Leeds United, including the return of Jurriën Timber and a debut start for Bruno Guimarães.
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Arsenal have confirmed their starting line-up as they welcome Lille to the Emirates Stadium in their first home match of this season's Champions League league phase.
The Gunners were victorious at Napoli in the opening match of the campaign, after a second-half winner from Martin Ødegaard, who appears on the bench tonight.
Mikel Arteta makes five changes from the side that came from behind to beat Leeds United on Saturday, with Bruno Guimarães being rewarded with his first start at The Emirates after scoring the winner from the bench last weekend.
Jurriën Timber starts at The Emirates for the first time since being forced off in March, as Lewis-Skelly moves to left-back following the injury of Piero Hincapié on Saturday afternoon.
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