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Arsenal vs Fulham line-ups: Ozil OUT, Lacazette returns, Ramsey and Torreira benched
MESUT OZIL misses out for Arsenal against Fulham with a knee injury.
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Arsenal boss Unai Emery has made four changes to the team thrashed by Liverpool on Saturday.
Stephan Lichtsteiner drops to the bench and is replaced by Laurent Koscielny.
While Matteo Guendouzi and Alexandre Lacazette return to the starting line-up with Lucas Torreira and Aaron Ramsey named on the bench.
Youngsters Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka are on the bench as well.
For Fulham, Aboubakar Kamara is punished for ‘disrespecting’ the club by taking a penalty over Aleksandar Mitrovic and drops to the bench.
Calum Chambers is ineligible due to his loan deal.
Ryan Sessegnon returns after making an impact off the bench against Huddersfield.
Andre Schurrle, Maxime Le Marchand, Ibrahima Cisse also start with Alfie Mawson out and Luciano Vietto on the bench.
One hour before kick-off ✅
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) January 1, 2019
Time to name our first team of 2019 ������ #ARSFUL pic.twitter.com/HUkUvLLtPI
Here is your New Year’s Day team to take on @Arsenal ⬇️ #COYW #ARSFUL pic.twitter.com/1VsTA6dk3d
— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) January 1, 2019
Arsenal: Leno, Sokratis, Koscielny, Mustafi, Maitland-Niles, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Kolasinac, Iwobi, Lacazette, Aubameyang
Subs: Cech, Elneny, Ramsey, Torreira, Lichtsteiner, Nketiah, Saka
Fulham: Rico, Christie, Odoi, Le Marchand, Ream, Bryan, Cisse, Cairney, Schurrle, Mitrovic, Sessegnon
Subs: Bettinelli, Johansen, Ayite, Vietto, Fosu-Mensah, Seri, Kamara