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Hassan Rashed

Chelsea vs Arsenal predicted lineups ahead of Europa League final

Arsenal face Premier League rivals Chelsea in the Europa League final on Wednesday night.

Gunners boss Unai Emery has yet to decide whether retiring goalkeeper Petr Cech will make a farewell appearance against former club Chelsea .

The Czech stopper has started every knockout match en route to the final in Baku, where Henrikh Mkhitaryan has decided against travelling due to Azerbaijan's dispute with his country Armenia.

Aaron Ramsey (hamstring), Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding (both knee) are out, but Danny Welbeck travelled with the squad after sustaining a broken ankle in November.

Arsenal face Chelsea in the Europa League final (PA)

Meanwhile, N'Golo Kante only has a 50 per cent chance of being fit for Maurizio Sarri's side in the European showpiece.

Chelsea will give France's World Cup-winning midfielder as long as possible to prove his fitness, with boss Sarri admitting his absence would be a "problem".

Should Kante fail to recover in time, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Ross Barkley will start for the Blues in midfield.

(Buildlineup.com)
(buildlineup.com)

Arsenal predicted line-up (3-4-1-2): Cech, Sokratis, Koscielny, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Torreira, Xhaka, Kolasinac, Ozil, Aubameyang

Chelsea predicted line-up (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Luiz, Emerson, Barkley, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pedro, Giroud, Hazard

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