Team news: Eze one of three changes for Sporting
Arsenal.com • • sports
Key Points:
- Mikel Arteta has made three changes to Arsenal's starting lineup for the Champions League quarter-final second leg against Sporting Lisbon, including starting Ebere Eze in place of Kai Havertz.
- Both full-backs have been switched following a recent defeat, with Piero Hincapie and Cristhian Mosquera replacing Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ben White respectively.
- Key players Bukayo Saka, Jurrien Timber, Martin Odegaard, and Riccardo Calafiori remain unavailable, while 20-year-old Harrison Dudziak is named on the bench for the first time.
- Sporting Lisbon have made two changes from their previous match, with captain Morten Hjulmand returning from suspension and Eduardo Quaresma replacing the injured Ivan Fresneda.
- Arsenal's starting XI includes Raya, Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Madueke, Martinelli, and Gyokeres, while Sporting's lineup features Silva, Quaresma, Diomande, Inacio, Araujo, Morita, Hjulmand, Catamo, Trincao, P. Goncalves, and Suarez.
