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LIVE: Rapid Wien vs Arsenal

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As for Arsenal, Mikel Arteta makes six changes from their defeat by Manchester City. The most notable of which sees him hand a debut to new signing Thomas Partey, who will be partnered by Mohamed Elneny in the heart of midfield. Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah are also recalled, while there are rare starts for Cedric and Sead Kolasinac at full-back.

Dietmar Kuhbauer makes four changes to the Rapid Vienna side that began their 5-1 victory over Wiener Neustadt in the Austrian Cup on Saturday. In come Kelvin Arase, Srdan Grahovac and Mateo Barac, along with top scorer Taxiarchis Fountas, who has seven goals to his name already this season.

SUBS: Runar Alex Runarsson, Hector Bellerin, Kieran Tierney, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Shkodran Mustafi, Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock, Granit Xhaka, Matt Macey.

ARSENAL (4-4-2): Bernd Leno; Cedric, David Luiz, Gabriel, Sead Kolasinac; Nicolas Pepe, Thomas Partey, Mohamed Elneny, Bukayo Saka; Alexandre Lacazette (capt), Eddie Nketiah.

SUBS: Bernhard Unger, Mario Sonnleitner, Thorsten Schick, Dejan Petrovic, Deni Alar, Christoph Knasmullner, Leo Greiml, Koya Kitagawa, Lukas Sulzbacher, Melih Ibrahimoglu, Dragoljub Savic, Paul Gartler. 

RAPID VIENNA (3-4-3): Richard Strebinger; Filip Stojkovic, Maximilian Hofmann, Mateo Barac; Kelvin Arase, Dejan Ljubicic (capt), Srdan Grahovac, Maximilian Ullmann; Ercan Kara, Marcel Ritzmaier, Taxiarchis Fountas.

Both sides are aiming to make the perfect start to this season’s competition at Weststadion.

Hello everyone and welcome to our live text coverage of the Europa League clash between Rapid Vienna and Arsenal in Group B.

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