Teams: Mesut Ozil out for Arsenal but Elneny on bench as Arsene Wenger makes changes

MESUT OZIL is a notable absentee from the Arsenal team to face Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.

 

Mesut Ozil is out for Arsenal

 

The German misses the match with a slight foot injury according to the club and is replaced in the starting line-up by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

New signing Mohamed Elneny starts on the bench while Alexis Sanchez, who was pictured in training yesterday, misses out again.

Stoke manager Mark Hughes has named an unchanged line-up from the team which beat Norwich 3-1 on Wednesday. 

Xherdan Shaqiri is out with a hamstring injury.

 

Stoke: Butland, Shawcross, Pieters, Wollscheid, Johnson, Walters, Arnautovic, Afellay, Whelan, Bojan, Joselu

Subs: Haugaard, Muniesa, Adam, Van Ginkel, Crouch, Odemwingie, Diouf

Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Ramsey, Flamini, Campbell, Oxlade-Chamberlin, Walcott, Giroud.

Subs: Ospina, Chambers, Gabriel, Gibbs, Elneny, Arteta, Iwobi.