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Why are Arsenal wearing their blue away kit vs Ostersunds?
ARSENAL face Ostersunds this evening in the Europa League with a 3-0 advantage from the first leg.
Arsene Wenger takes on Reiss Nelson in Arsenal training
But unusually Arsenal will take to the Emirates pitch in their blue away kit rather than their traditional red and white.
UEFA have told Arsenal to wear their blue shirt to avoid a kit clash with the Swedes.
Ostersunds' away kit is red and black while their home kit is white.
When there is a potential clash of kit colour, UEFA have the right to choose which shirt a club wears and Arsenal will play in blue, with Ostersunds in their white shirt.
Arsenal will play in blue against Arsenal Ostersunds
This season, Arsenal have won just once in blue
This season, Arsenal have won just once in blue, against BATE Borisov in the Europa League.
Defeats have come against Liverpool, Watford, Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth and Swansea.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan is set to start tonight as he is cup tied for Sunday’s Carabao Cup final.
Ostersunds' away kit clashes with Arsenal
But instead of wearing the number seven shirt he was given when he signed, the Armenian will have the number 77 on his back.
UEFA rules state two players cannot wear the same shirt number in the same campaign.
Alexis Sanchez wore the number seven shirt earlier in the campaign and it means Mkhitaryan, who joined in January, is not allowed to wear the same number.
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