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Simon Collings

Arsenal XI vs Norwich: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injuries for Freddie Ljungberg's first match

Given we are yet to see Freddie Ljungberg manage a senior game, it is difficult to predict what Arsenal XI he will pick for the trip to Norwich on Sunday.

If, however, we go by his time in charge of the Under-23s last season, it is likely to be a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 formation.

Hector Bellerin missed Thursday’s match against Eintracht Frankfurt due to a hamstring injury, but if fit the right-back should return as part of a defence that also contains Rob Holding, Sokratis and Kieran Tierney.

David Luiz is likely to be short of fitness too after picking up a chest injury. Ahead of them, Granit Xhaka deserves to keep his place in midfield and so it will be between Matteo Guendouzi and Lucas Torreira to start alongside him.

You would expect Alexandre Lacazette, Mesut Ozil and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to start in attack - with perhaps Gabriel Martinelli nudging out Nicolas Pepe in light of his fine performances this season.

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Predicted Arsenal XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Bellerin, Holding, Sokratis, Tierney; Xhaka, Guendouzi; Martinelli, Ozil, Aubameyang; Lacazette.

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