Arsenal Confirmed Lineup vs Chelsea: Sanchez leads attack, Giroud benched

Alexis Sanchez has been picked by Arsene Wenger with Lucas Perez and Olivier Giroud on the bench.

Cazorla and Coquelin start as a midfield pivot with Iwobi and Walcott on the wings. Mustafi and Koscielny deployed as centre-halves with Cech in goal.

Granit Xhaka has questionably been excluded depsite scoring two goals in as many games for the club.