{"id":663488,"date":"2026-01-20T09:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=663488"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:32:29","slug":"arsenal-team-news-and-predicted-lineup-vs-inter-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/20\/arsenal-team-news-and-predicted-lineup-vs-inter-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Team News and Predicted Lineup vs Inter Milan for January 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal\u2019s 2025\/26 Champions League campaign has been a dream come true so far, winning all six matches, scoring 17 goals, and conceding just one. Arsenal<\/span><\/a> are seven points clear in the Premier League, and are 3-2 ahead against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup. Mikel Arteta\u2019s team now returns to Champions League action against Inter Milan<\/span><\/a>, who are targeting automatic qualification. Here is our Arsenal predicted lineup.<\/p>\n

Arsenal Predicted Lineup & Team News vs Inter Milan<\/b><\/h2>\n

How Arsenal Have Lined Up Recently<\/h3>\n

Arsenal continue to lead the way on all fronts this season, and with players returning from injury, they are in a strong position as the season continues. Throughout this season, Arteta has mainly used a 4-3-3 formation.<\/p>\n

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In the disappointing draw against Nottingham Forest, Arteta selected David Raya in goal, with Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, and Jurrien Timber completing the defence. In midfield, Arteta went with Declan Rice, Martin Zubimendi, and Martin Odegaard. In attack, Gabriel Martinelli and Noni Madueke supported Viktor Gyokeres.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal Team News<\/h3>\n

In the pre-match press conference<\/span><\/a>, Arteta was asked if Cristhian Mosquera and Kai Havertz would be in the squad, and the Gunners boss confirmed: \u201cYes.\u201d He was also asked if there were any other fitness updates: \u201cNo, that\u2019s all,\u201d responded the Arsenal manager.<\/p>\n

With Arsenal set to face Manchester United on January 25, Arteta was asked if that will make him think about his team selection:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s very particular for every game, I’m afraid, because every game has a different situation, and the players are in different stages as well. We will prepare the game, the line-up and the finishers in the best possible manner to win the game,\u201d said the Gunners boss.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n
GK: Raya<\/div>\n
LB: Lewis-Skelly<\/div>\n
CB: Gabriel<\/div>\n
CB: Saliba<\/div>\n
RB: Timber<\/div>\n
CM: Zubimendi<\/div>\n
CM: Merino<\/div>\n
CM: Eze<\/div>\n
LW: Trossard<\/div>\n
ST: Jesus<\/div>\n
RW: Madueke<\/div>\n

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Arsenal\u2019s 2025\/26 Champions League campaign has been a dream come true so far, winning all six matches, scoring 17 goals, and conceding just one. Arsenal are seven points clear in the Premier League, and are 3-2 ahead against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup. Mikel Arteta\u2019s team now returns to Champions League action against Inter Milan, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":631994,"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":[378,8,8438,3,5],"tags":[9689],"class_list":["post-663488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champions-league","category-arsenal","category-inter-milan","category-premier-league","category-serie-a","tag-arsenal-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663488","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=663488"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663493,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663488\/revisions\/663493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}