Arsenal line-up confirmed vs Bodo/Glimt as Saliba,…

Arsenal line-up confirmed vs Bodo/Glimt as Saliba, Saka and Odegaard start, Edwards on the bench

William Saliba, Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka all start for Arsenal in this evening's Europa League clash against FK Bodo/Glimt.

Meanwhile, youngsters Khayon Edwards, Matt Smith and Bradley Ibrahim are named on the bench, but as expected, Gabriel Jesus is not involved having not travelled with the rest of the squad to Norway as he is being rested for Sunday's Premier League encounter away at Leeds United.

In fact, manager Mikel Arteta, not for the first time in the competition this season, has decided to make several changes. Seven have been made to the side that started the 3-2 win over Liverpool at the weekend as Arsenal look to take another step towards sealing qualification to the knockout phase and topping Group A.

This means Matt Turner returns in goal and the defensive unit in front of him has been tweaked from the 3-0 win over Bodo/Glimt seven days ago as Ben White starts at right-back with Kieran Tierney on the opposite flank as Saliba partners Rob Holding in central defence.

Arsenal's midfield trio consists of Albert Sambi Lokonga, Fabio Vieira and captain Martin Odegaard, whilst in attack, Nketiah leads the line once again as he goes in search of a third goal in as many Europa League games this season - he is flanked by Nelson and Saka.

Along with the aforementioned youngsters, Aaron Ramsdale, Thomas Partey, Gabriel Martinelli, Granit Xhaka and Gabriel Magalhaes all make up a strong-looking bench for the North London outfit which also includes Cedric Soares, Marquinhos and Takehiro Tomiyasu.

Arsenal XI vs FK Bodo/Glimt: Turner; White, Saliba, Holding, Tierney; Lokonga, Odegaard, Vieira; Saka, Nketiah, Nelson

Subs: Ramsdale, Hein, Partey, Gabriel, Martinelli, Cedric, Tomiyasu, Marquinhos, Xhaka, Edwards, Smith, Ibrahim

What Arteta has said

"What we are thinking is how we are going to win the game," the Spaniard revealed in his pre-match press conference. "How we win every three days. In different conditions, in different contexts, in different weather, in different competitions. That is the only way we are approaching the game."

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