Arsenal vs Watford team news: Arsene Wenger names unchanged side, Petr Cech on bench

Quique Sanchez Flores makes three changes to his Hornets side

Arsene Wenger says he will not leave Arsenal before his contract expires (Getty Images)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has named an unchanged side from the away victory at Everton before the international break.

Alex Iwobi and Danny Welbeck, who both started and scored at Goodison Park, will face Watford from the off, as the Gunners look to avenge last month’s FA Cup quarter-final defeat to the Hornets.

Petr Cech returns but is named among the substitutes with David Ospina retaining his place between the sticks. Gabriel Paulista is preferred to Per Mertesacker, who joins Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud on the bench.

Quique Sanchez Flores makes three changes to his side following their 2-1 defeat at Stoke City.

Sebastian Prodl, Almen Abdi and Ben Watson come into the side for Miguel Britos, Jose Manuel Jurado and Valon Behrami respectively.

Adlene Guideora, who scored the decisive goal in the Hornets’ recent cup win at the Emirates, is on the bench.

Line-ups

Arsenal: Ospina; Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal; Coquelin, Elneny; Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez; Welbeck

Substitutes: Cech, Gibbs, Mertesacker, Chambers, Walcott, Giroud, Campbell

Watford: Gomes; Nyom, Prödl, Cathcart, Ake; Capoue, Watson, Suarez; Abdi, Deeney; Ighalo

Substitutes: Pantilimon, Britos, Guedioura, Anya, Berghuis, Jurado, Amrabat.