Arsenal are hoping to have Granit Xhaka available for their trip to Wolves on Wednesday night.
The Swiss midfielder has been struggling with a hip problem and missed the weekend defeat to Crystal Palace .
But he is in contention to return to the starting line-up for what is a must-win clash at Molineux.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos is available again after serving his two-match domestic suspension and is likely to be recalled by boss Unai Emery.
Shkodran Mustafi struggled against Palace and was at fault for Wilfried Zaha's goal, and may be the one to miss out.
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Aaron Ramsey misses out again with a hamstring problem while Denis Suarez, who has barely featured since arriving from Barcelona , is struggling with a groin injury.
Long-term absentees Danny Welbeck, Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding remain on the sidelines.
Wolves' form has dipped since losing the FA Cup semi-final but Emery insists they pose a threat to his side, despite having nothing to play for.
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"They are going to push a lot tomorrow. I worked one thing here very quickly - we are playing against all of the teams and they want to battle us, fighting and playing with a big motivation.
"One is the motivation in the table for each player and one is the motivation against Arsenal .
"Every team wants to battle us because they respect us and also because it's important to try to win against us."
Arsenal go into the clash in fifth with top four rivals Manchester United also in action on Wednesday against City.
Provisional squad: Leno, Cech, Maitland-Niles, Lichtsteiner, Jenkinson, Mustafi, Koscielny, Mavropanos, Papastathopoulos, Monreal, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Torreira, Elneny, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nketiah.
