Arsenal Vs Burnley: Predicted starting XI

Arsenal, Arsene Wenger — MADRID, SPAIN – MAY 03: Arsene Wenger manager / head coach of Arsenal during the UEFA Europa League Semi Final second leg match between Atletico Madrid and Arsenal FC at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on May 3, 2018 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Arsenal host Burnley on Sunday afternoon in Arsene Wenger’s final home game as Gunners’ manager. Here is the predicted starting XI in which I do not have a hope in hell of getting correct.

I have been doing these predicted starting XIs for two years now. I have been counting how many I have got correct, and it’s not a pretty number. Without quite knowing how many I have attempted, I can say that I have only ever got two spot-on. I can confidently proclaim that I will not be adding to that score here. It is Arsene Wenger’s final home match as Arsenal manager. There are now no important games to rest for, but there is also no motivation in playing a full-strength side. There are easily 20 players that could all feasibly feature.

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Here is the Gunners’ guessed starting XI for Sunday’s home match against Burnley.

ST ALBANS, ENGLAND – APRIL 25: Petr Cech of Arsenal during an Arsenal Training session ahead of their Europa League semi-final first-leg match against Athletico Madrid at London Colney on April 25, 2018 in St Albans, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

Goalkeeper

It is the Premier League, so I assume that Petr Cech will start. But then I said that last week and David Ospina started. So then I thought that maybe Wenger had made the switch, only to see Ospina start again midweek. This is the position I am most confident on, and even then, I don’t really have a clue. Cech will start, I think.