Tonight, we travel to Italy for the second leg of our Champions League qualifier with a 1-0 lead intact from the first leg last Tuesday.
The impressive Gervinho returns after his domestic suspension, as does Alex Song to shield the back four. Frimpong is also available whilst Johan Djourou also returns. Skipper Robin Van Persie's European suspension is also over but Kieran Gibbs, Koscielny and Diaby all remain sidelined.
Udinese, Serie A's top scorers last season, are no mugs and a trip to Italy is never easy. Jack Wilshere has unfortunately suffered a setback in training so he will most likely miss tomorrow’s and Sunday’s games, big shame of course.
Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin, has warned his players not to be fooled by Arsenal's off-field problems as they seek to avoid dropping into the Europa League.
He said: "I do not think there is a crisis at Arsenal - they are used to playing under pressure and have always been able to react to difficult moments. Like I said, we will have to be very good, not make mistakes and try to be sharp."
Udinese competed well in the first leg and will be confident of overturning the one-goal deficit at the Stadio Friuli, which was something of a fortress in Serie A last season as they finished fourth.
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