{"id":659883,"date":"2025-09-24T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=659883"},"modified":"2025-09-24T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:54:15","slug":"port-vale-vs-arsenal-confirmed-lineups-september-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/24\/port-vale-vs-arsenal-confirmed-lineups-september-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Vale vs Arsenal Confirmed Lineups for September 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>These are the two confirmed lineups for Port Vale vs Arsenal, as the Premier League meets League One in the third round of the EFL Cup. It\u2019s expected that Mikel Arteta will ring the changes for the Gunners, while Vale will be dreaming of causing a huge upset.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/10\/best-arsenal-players-number-2-jersey\/\" target=\"_self\">Best Arsenal Players to Wear the Number 2 Jersey Ever<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Port Vale vs Arsenal Confirmed Lineups<\/h2>\n<div>\n<h3>Arsenal Team News<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Starting XI<\/strong>:\u00a0Kepa, White, Saliba, Mosquera, Lewis-Skelly, Norgaard, Merino, Nwaneri, Saka, Martinelli, Eze<br \/>\n<strong>Subs<\/strong>: Raya, Gabriel, Timber, Gyokeres, Trossard, Zubimendi, Calafiori, Rice, Dowman<\/p>\n<h3>Notable News<\/h3>\n<div>Kepa makes his first start in goal for the Gunners, with Ben White, William Saliba, Cristhian Mosquera, and Myles Lewis-Skelly completing the defence. Christian Norgaard also makes his first start, while Arteta has picked a fearsome front three of Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, and Gabriel Martinelli.<\/div>\n<h3>Port Vale Team News<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Starting XI<\/strong>: Gauci, Headley, Hall, Gabriel, Curtis, Walters, Paton, Croasdale, Debrah, Humphreys, Hall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subs<\/strong>: Marosi, Clark, Heneghan, Byers, Garrity, Stockley, Ojo, Faal, Cole.<\/p>\n<h3>Notable News<\/h3>\n<p>Darren Moore has also shuffled his pack, with the surprise being in-form striker Devante Cole starting on the subs bench.<\/p>\n<h3>Arsenal EFL Cup Squad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"618\">\n<p data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"618\">David Raya<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"640\">\n<p data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"640\">Kepa Arrizabalaga<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"658\">\n<p data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"658\">Tommy Setford<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"677\">\n<p data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"677\">William Saliba<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"700\">\n<p data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"700\">Cristhian Mosquera<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"714\">\n<p data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"714\">Ben White<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"733\">\n<p data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"733\">Piero Hincapi\u00e9<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"755\">\n<p data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"755\">Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"774\">\n<p data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"774\">Jurri\u00ebn Timber<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"797\">\n<p data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"797\">Riccardo Calafiori<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"820\">\n<p data-start=\"800\" data-end=\"820\">Myles Lewis-Skelly<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"840\">\n<p data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"840\">Martin \u00d8degaard<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"857\">\n<p data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"857\">Eberechi Eze<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"880\">\n<p data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"880\">Christian N\u00f8rgaard<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"881\" data-end=\"898\">\n<p data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"898\">Ethan Nwaneri<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"899\" data-end=\"915\">\n<p data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"915\">Mikel Merino<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"936\">\n<p data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"936\">Mart\u00edn Zubimendi<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"952\">\n<p data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"952\">Declan Rice<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"953\" data-end=\"967\">\n<p data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"967\">Max Dowman<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"968\" data-end=\"983\">\n<p data-start=\"970\" data-end=\"983\">Bukayo Saka<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"1001\">\n<p data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1001\">Gabriel Jesus<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1024\">\n<p data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1024\">Gabriel Martinelli<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1044\">\n<p data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1044\">Viktor Gy\u00f6keres<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1065\">\n<p data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1065\">Leandro Trossard<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1066\" data-end=\"1082\">\n<p data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1082\">Noni Madueke<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1098\">\n<p data-start=\"1085\" data-end=\"1098\">Kai Havertz<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1115\">\n<p data-start=\"1101\" data-end=\"1115\">Andre Annous<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Squad details <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team\/squad\/_\/id\/359\/league\/ENG.LEAGUE_CUP\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3>Port Vale EFL Cup Squad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"94\">\n<p data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"94\">Marko Marosi<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"107\">\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"107\">Ben Amos<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"124\">\n<p data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"124\">Arron Davies<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"142\">\n<p data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"142\">Dougie Blight<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"156\">\n<p data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"156\">Joe Gauci<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"175\">\n<p data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"175\">Mitchell Clark<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"194\">\n<p data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"194\">Jaheim Headley<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"211\">\n<p data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"211\">Ben Heneghan<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"227\">\n<p data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"227\">Connor Hall<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"255\">\n<p data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"255\">Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"271\">\n<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"271\">Liam Gordon<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"288\">\n<p data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"288\">Jesse Debrah<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"302\">\n<p data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"302\">Kyle John<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"324\">\n<p data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"324\">Cameron Humphreys<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"338\">\n<p data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"338\">Ben Lomax<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"355\">\n<p data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"355\">George Byers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"371\">\n<p data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"371\">Ben Garrity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"388\">\n<p data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"388\">Ronan Curtis<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"405\">\n<p data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"405\">Rhys Walters<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"419\">\n<p data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"419\">Funso Ojo<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"438\">\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"438\">Ryan Croasdale<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"439\" data-end=\"456\">\n<p data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"456\">Jack Shorrock<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"475\">\n<p data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"475\">Jordan Shipley<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"491\">\n<p data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"491\">George Hall<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"511\">\n<p data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"511\">Jayden Stockley<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"529\">\n<p data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"529\">Dajaune Brown<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"545\">\n<p data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"545\">Ruari Paton<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"559\">\n<p data-start=\"548\" data-end=\"559\">Ben Waine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"571\">\n<p data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"571\">Mo Faal<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"588\">\n<p data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"588\">Devante Cole<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Squad details <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team\/squad\/_\/id\/348\/league\/ENG.TROPHY\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Stay tuned for the lineups for Port Vale vs Arsenal. Who will get the nod in this EFL Cup third-round clash? Will we see Arsenal\u2019s hot prospect Max Dowman? Can Vale spring a huge upset?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the two confirmed lineups for Port Vale vs Arsenal, as the Premier League meets League One in the third round of the EFL Cup. It\u2019s expected that Mikel Arteta will ring the changes for the Gunners, while Vale will be dreaming of causing a huge upset. Read More: Best Arsenal Players to Wear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":642937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,32,30,1831],"tags":[32547,4372],"class_list":["post-659883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-league-football","category-news","category-starting-line-up","tag-arsenal-team-news","tag-mikel-arteta"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659883"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659893,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659883\/revisions\/659893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}