Arsenal Line-ups vs Crystal Palace Decided as Mikel Arteta Makes Eight Bold Changes

Here are our football.london reporters’ Arsenal starting XIs for the Carabao Cup quarter-final clash against Crystal Palace on Tuesday (8pm)

Arsenal are bidding to reach the Carabao Cup semi-finals for the second consecutive season when they face Crystal Palace on Tuesday evening.

The Gunners came up short last year when they were beaten 4-0 on aggregate by eventual winners Newcastle.

But this time around they’re up against a depleted Palace side that have been ravaged by injuries due to their gruelling fixture schedule.

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It will be the Eagles’ third match in six days and they head to the Emirates Stadium off the back of Saturday’s shambolic 4-1 defeat at Leeds United.

Tom Canton

All change please! Yes, there needs to be serious changes because even though I do not think Arsenal should be throwing the League Cup and focusing on the league, the depth is good enough while preserving quality to rotate.

I have made eight changes from the team that beat Everton, and I am very confident in the side that can start against the Eagles, who play their third game in seven days.

Jurrien Timber, Piero Hincapie and Declan Rice are the only players who keep their places, and I would bring them off later in the second half ahead of the visit of Brighton just four days after.

Kepa Arrizabalaga comes in to replace David Raya as he should. After Christian Norgaard’s impressive centre-half display in Brugge he too joins the defence with Myles Lewis-Skelly.

Then the midfield is atta