The Gunners are one of the most out of form clubs at the moment in the Premier League.
They fell to a 2-2 draw against Manchester City at home at the weekend, a result that will surely dent their chances of a finish in the top-4 come the end of the season.
Arsenal are currently in the sixth place in the points table, seven points of their opponents from the weekend and will have to play out of their skins to move into the top-4 place in the points table.
And they face yet another tricky test just days later as they welcome Slaven Bilic’s West Ham side that are in the middle of their own slump.
Having failed to take even a point from their previous four games in the league, West Ham United, who fell to a defeat to the Tigers at the weekend will fancy their chances against a low on confidence Arsenal side in this London-derby of sorts.
Arsene Wenger cannot afford to lose any more points and is set to use his strongest XI and here is the team news and predicted lineup for the Gunners for this tie:
Date: Wednesday, 5th April
Venue: Emirates, London
KO: 7:45 pm (12:15 am IST on Wednesday)
Team News:
The likes of Santi Cazorla (calf) are ruled out for the rest of the season for Arsenal. Goalkeeper Petr Cech (calf) striker Lucas Perez (thigh) and defender Laurent Koscielny (ACL) have all picked up niggles recently and are ruled out of this game. Midfielders Aaron Ramsey (calf) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (thigh) are both back in training after also picking up knocks recently and both players are expected to be available for selection.
Expected lineup (4-2-3-1):
David Ospina; Hector Bellerin, Shkodran Mustafi, Gabriel Paulista, Nacho Monreal; Francis Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny; Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez; Danny Welbeck
This is how they would line up:
