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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Olympiacos confirm 20-man squad for Arsenal Europa League tie

Olympiacos are in London for Thursday night's Europa League round of 32 second leg clash against Arsenal.

Staring the prospect of an early elimination in the face following last week's 1-0 loss at the Karaiskakis Stadium, the Greek outfit know they must score at least once in the hope of springing a surprise.

A 1-0 scoreline at the end of 90 minutes would send the tie into extra-time, while any sort of victory would see them into the last-16 stage of the competition at the Gunners' expense.

And the Greek Super League leaders have confirmed a 20-man squad for the game at the Emirates Stadium.

As expected, leading scorer Youssef El-Arabi has made the trip to the capital.

The Morocco international - who has scored 22 goals across all competitions so far this season - was kept rather quiet by the Arsenal defence in the first-leg and will be looking to erase that memory.

He remains the visitors' main attacking threat following the sale of Daniel Podence to Wolves during the January transfer window and did net on his previous visit to north London this season.

Another player who has made the trip is attacking midfielder Mathieu Valbuena.

The 35-year-old also started last week and will be looking to score against both Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur this season having done so from the spot against the latter in a Champions League group stage meeting.

However, there is one big omission from the Olympiacos squad.

Manager Pedro Martins has to make do without the suspended centre-back Ruben Semedo - who has also scored in north London this season - after his yellow card in the first-leg.

Olympiacos squad in full:

Goalkeepers: Sa, Allain, Karargyris

Defenders: Elabdellaoui, Tsimikas, Ba, Papadopoulos, Torosidis, Cisse, Gaspar

Midfielders: Camara, Bouchalakis, Guilherme, Masouras, Lovera, Valbuena, Xenitidis, Randjelovic

Forwards: El-Arabi, Bullari

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