Arsenal set to play youngsters in Europa League clash

With the 2,400-mile round trip to Belarus in between Monday night's victory over West Brom and this Sunday's upcoming match against Brighton, it is understandable that Arsene Wenger wants to rotate his squad.

It presents the fringe first-team and younger players with an opportunity to impress against the Belarusian champions at the Borisov arena.

On the eve of the game, Wenger said: "This is the kind of job you do not get 10 opportunities to play for Arsenal.

"You have to convince people you have the qualities to do it and you have the courage to play and show your qualities.

"There is always an uncertainty. We know in training, you see that the player has the quality. Yes, he is here because he has the qualities.

"To show it during competition is different. And in my experience you only discover that during competition."

A number of big names have been left behind during the trip to Eastern Europe, including Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Alexandre Lacazette, Laurent Koscielny, Hector Bellerin and Aaron Ramsey, who will all remain in London.

This means that the likes of Reiss Nelson, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Joe Willock could make the starting XI, while Marcus McGuane, Eddie Nketiah, Chuba Akpom, Josh DaSilva and Charlie Gilmour could make are likely to be named on the bench.