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Dinamo Zagreb
Champions League | Group Stage
Sep 16, 2015 at 7.45pm UK
 
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2-1

Pivaric (24'), Fernandes (58')
FT(HT: 1-0)
Walcott (79')

Team News: Six changes for Arsenal against Dinamo Zagreb

Arsene Wenger makes six changes to the side which beat Stoke City on Saturday for tonight's Champions League group stage opener against Dinamo Zagreb.

Arsene Wenger has made six changes to the side which beat Stoke City on Saturday for tonight's Champions League group stage opener against Dinamo Zagreb.

David Ospina replaces Petr Cech in goal and there are recalls for Mathieu Debuchy and Kieran Gibbs in the full-back spots, with Hector Bellerin absent from the squad altogether.

In midfield, Mikel Arteta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain return at the expense of Francis Coquelin and Aaron Ramsey, while Olivier Giroud is preferred to Theo Walcott in attack.

Cech, Nacho Monreal, Coquelin and Walcott all take their places on the bench, but Per Mertesacker is not included in the squad after being involved in a car crash on Monday.

For the hosts, Marko Pjaca and El Arbi Hillel Soudani, who have each scored three times in the Champions League already this season, both start but former Manchester United and Wigan Athletic striker Angelo Henriquez has to make do with a place on the bench.

Dinamo Zagreb: Eduardo; Pinto, Sigali, Taravel, Antolic; Machado, Ademi; Pivaric, Soudani, Fernandes; Pjaca
Subs: Jezina, Benkovic, Matel, Coric, Rog, Henriquez, Hodzic

Arsenal: Ospina; Debuchy, Gabriel, Koscielny, Gibbs; Arteta, Cazorla, Ozil; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sanchez; Giroud
Subs: Cech, Chambers, Monreal, Flamini, Coquelin, Campbell, Walcott

Arsenal's players pose for a team picture ahead of the UEFA Champions League Group F football match between GNK Dinamo Zagreb and Arsenal FC at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb on September 16, 2015© Getty Images

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Olivier Giroud of Arsenal is shown the red card by referee Ovidiu Hategan during the UEFA Champions League Group F match between Dinamo Zagreb and Arsenal at Maksimir Stadium on September 16, 2015
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