It is a huge match tonight against Napoli and nothing less than a win will do, however, the Italians are a serious danger to our ambitions of lifting the Europa League trophy.
As I have stated many times, it is almost impossible to second guess what team Emery will put out, especially in midfield, however, I will give it a go and hopefully, my predicted line up will be close to what Emery finally goes with.
In goal I expect he will go with Cech, I wish he would not, especially in a game like this when Leno has proven himself to be very reliable but Emery is loyal and will go with the former Czech number one.
The defence will probably be the back three of Monreal, Sokratis and Mustafi, that could change if Koscielny is match fit but I suspect he will not be.
Then we will have the usual two wing backs of Maitland-Niles and Kolasinac, hopefully, they will do a better job down the flanks than they did against Everton at the weekend.
Now it gets tricky, I was tempted to go with Torreira and Ramsey in midfield, but I have this horrible feeling that Emery will start Guendouzi over Torreira.
Finally, the front three, I do expect him to stick with Ozil just behind the strikers, even though he does not deserve it, and last but not least, Lacazette and Aubameyang up front, though again, I would not be surprised if the Gabon international is benched and either Iwobi or Mkhitaryan are instead given the nod.
All said and done this is the line up for me.
Cech
Monreal
Sokratis
Mustafi
Guendouzi
Ramsey
Maitland-Niles
Kolasinac
Ozil
Lacazette
Aubameyang
With that line-up, I would seriously expect us to win – and win by a couple of goals
And my Predicted score…. 2-0