Arsenal
Arsenal's injury woes continued at the weekend as they lost Francis Coquelin and Mikel Arteta in their 2-1 defeat to West Brom on Saturday. Coquelin could be out for at least three months, which is a real blow to Arsenal's ambitions this season.
Mathieu Flamini is expected to partner Santi Cazorla in the middle of the park, although Arsene Wenger has hinted Calum Chambers could be Coquelin's replacement and Aaron Ramsey is back available.
Kieran Gibbs is likely to continue on the left wing. Aaron Ramsey has returned to training, but this fixture will come too soon for him.
Joel Campbell and Mesut Ozil are one booking away from suspension.
Dinamo Zagreb
Josip Pivaric will miss the trip to London through suspension after being sent off in GW4 and Marko Rog will incur a one-match ban with his next yellow card.
Marco Musa should come in to replace Pinto at left-back.
Arijan Ademi has been hit with a four-year ban for failing a drugs test after their 2-1 win over Arsenal in the reverse fixture.
Match Facts
There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Dinamo Zagreb's last 7 games in the Champions League (including qualifiers). Over 2.5 goals 1.36
Dinamo Zagreb have lost their last 3 matches in the Champions League (including qualifiers). Dinamo Zagreb lose 1.22
Arsenal have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 3 matches against Dinamo Zagreb in all competitions. Over 2.5 goals 1.36
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Prediction
Arsenal can't afford to drop anymore points in their final two group matches if they are progress to the knock-out stage of the Champions League. They succumbed to a shock 2-1 defeat in the reverse fixture to Dinamo Zagreb and this fixture may prove equally problematic with their squad decimated by injuries.
Dinamo Zagreb also still have a chance of making it through to the latter rounds, but they will need to beat Arsenal and Bayern Munich in their final matches, which is unlikely. Zoran Mamic's side have lost five of their last 10 matches in all competitions, having gone into GW2 of the Champions League unbeaten in 45 games.
Home advantage should give Arsenal enough to overcome the Croatian outfit, even if Arsene Wenger will have a thin squad to pick from. Olivier Giroud has scored nine goals in his last 11 outings for club and country and could provide the winner here.
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