The midfield man replaces Danny Murphy who is rested for the cup encounter.
Also returning is Morten Gamst Pedersen, he's in the starting eleven in place of the cup-tied DJ Campbell.
Friday signings Karim Rekik and David Bentley both make the bench,
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| No: | Name: | No: | Name: |
| 1 | Wojciech Szczesny | 34 | Jake Kean |
| 2 | Abou Diaby | 2 | Bradley Orr |
| 5 | Thomas Vermaelen (c) | 3 | Martin Olsson |
| 6 | Laurent Koscielny | 6 | Jason Lowe |
| 7 | Tomas Rosicky | 11 | Jordan Rhodes |
| 8 | Mikel Arteta | 12 | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| 12 | Olivier Giroud | 14 | Markus Olsson |
| 15 | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 16 | Scott Dann (c) |
| 17 | Nacho Monreal | 17 | Lee Williamson |
| 22 | Francis Coquelin | 31 | Grant Hanley |
| 27 | Gervinho | 39 | Colin Kazim-Richards |
| | | |
| Subs: | | Subs: | |
| 24 | Vito Mannone | 30 | Sebastian Usai |
| 3 | Bacary Sagna | 5 | Gael Givet |
| 9 | Lukas Podolski | 7 | Fabio Nunes |
| 10 | Jack Wilshire | 21 | Nuno Gomes |
| 14 | Theo Walcott | 23 | Karim Rekik |
| 16 | Aaron Ramsey | 25 | David Goodwillie |
| 19 | Santi Cazorla | 35 | David Bentley |
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