There’s good and bad news for Arsenal. On the down side, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, who made such a positive impact off the bench in the first leg, is not fit enough to feature at all today, and nor are Martin Odegaard and, of course, Kieran Tierney. On a brighter note, gifted young sprites Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe are rearing to go, as is Nicolas Pepe, who also made a big difference as a substitute in the first leg.
Gabriel has been dropped from central defence and replaced by Pablo Mari. Granit Xhaka is being asked to play at left-back. Guess we’ll have to wait and see whether that belongs to the good or bad news category. Slavia, meanwhile, are without Ondrej Kudela, who’s in the “banned for 10 matches for racist abuse” category, the fool.
Slavia: Kolar; Bah, Holes, Zima, Boril; Hromada; Sevcik, Stanciu, Provod, Olayinka; Kuchta
Subs: Dorley, Kovar, Lingr, Masopust, Sima, Stejskal, Tecl, Traoré, Visinsky
Arsenal: Leno; Chambers, Holding, Mari, Xhaka; Thonas, Ceballos; Pepe, Smith Rowe, Saka; Lacazette
Subs: Azeez, Balogun, Bellergin, Elneny, Gabriel, Hilson, Martinelli, Nelson, Nketiah, Ryan, Soares
Referee: C Cakir (Turkey)