Arsene Wenger has made four changes to his Arsenal side for the visit of Bournemouth, handing starts to Calum Chambers and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Chambers will be deployed as a defensive midfielder after Wenger decided to drop Nacho Monreal, Laurent Koscielny, Joel Campbell and Mathieu Flamini after the 4-0 thrashing at Southampton on Boxing Day.
Kieran Gibbs and Gabriel Paulista earn recalls to the back line as the Gunners look to move top of the Premier League table.
For the visiting Cherries, Josh King makes a return from injury and Mark Pugh makes his first start in eight, with Glenn Murray and Junior Stanislas dropping to the bench.
Arsenal: Cech; Bellerin, Gabriel, Mertesacker, Gibbs; Chambers, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil; Walcott, Giroud
Subs: Ospina; Debuchy, Monreal, Koscielny; Campbell, Adelaide; Iwobi
Bournemouth: Boruc, Daniels, Cook, Francis, Smith, Gosling, Arter, Surman, Ritchie, Pugh, King
Subs: Federici, Distin, O'Kane, Stanislas, Tomlin, Rantie, Murray
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Neil Wilkes
