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Football news - Team news: Mesut Ozil & Pierre Emerick Aubameyang benched, Shkodran Mustafi starts

Jen Offord

Updated 02/03/2019 at 11:59 GMT

Mesut Ozil and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are both benched for Saturday's North London derby.

Mesut Ozil of Arsenal during the UEFA Europa League Round of 32 Second Leg match between Arsenal and BATE Borisov at England on February 21, 2019 in London, United Kingdom.

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Arsenal manager Unai Emery makes a total of five changes to the team that beat Bournmenouth 5-1 earlier this week.
Shkodran Mustafi, Aaron Ramsey, Alexandre Lacazette, Alex Iwobi and Granit Xhaka start for Arsenal as Lucas Torreira, Sead Kolasinac and Carl Jenkinson also slip out of the starting XI. Torreira and Kolasinac join Ozil and Aubameyang on the bench.
In a surprising move from Emery, Mustafi is deployed at right-back
For Spurs, Kieran Trippier holds on to his place in the starting XI despite this week's howler against Chelsea.
Pochetttino makes three changes to that side as Harry Winks, Erik Lamela and Ben Davies make way for Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose and Victor Wanyama, with WInks out of the squad altogether.
Tottenham: Lloris, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Trippier, Wanyama, Sissoko, Rose, Eriksen, Kane, Son. Subs: Lamela, Llorente, Gazzaniga, Aurier, Lucas Moura, Davies, Skipp.
Arsenal: Leno, Mustafi, Papastathopoulos, Koscielny, Monreal, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Ramsey, Iwobi, Lacazette. Subs: Cech, Ozil, Torreira, Aubameyang, Maitland-Niles, Suarez, Kolasinac.
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