Arsenal vs Cardiff confirmed XIs: Gunners’ £11m forward replaces Giroud

Arsenal today host a Cardiff side who will be disappointed with their Boxing Day result, as the Welsh outfit gave away a two goal lead to draw 2 – 2 with bottom-placed Sunderland. Conversely, Arsenal scraped a one-nil victory away to eight-placed Newcastle to climb back to the top of the Premier League.

Arsene Wenger makes three changes to the line-up that took three points away from Saint James’ Park, with Nacho Monreal replacing Keiran Gibbs at left back, Mathieu Flamini coming in for Tomas Rosicky and Lukas Podolski filling the forward position, in place of the injured Olivier Giroud.

David Kerslake, who looks very much set to hand over the managerial role to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, will send his Cardiff team out unchanged from the team who drew at home to Sunderland.

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