HOME GROUND: Emirates Stadium

MANAGER: Arsene Wenger

LAST SEASON STATS

Premier League: 3rd 

FA Cup: 5th round 

League Cup: Quarter-finals 

Euope: Champions League last 16 

Top Scorer (all comps): Robin van Persie, 37

SQUAD

KEEPERS 1 Wojciech Szczesny 21 Lukasz Fabianski 24 Vito Mannone DEFENDERS 3 Bacary Sagna 4 Per Mertesacker 5 Thomas Vermaelen 6 Laurent Koscielny 11 Andre Santos 18 Sebastien Squillaci     20 Johan Djourou 25 Carl Jenkinson 28 Kieran Gibbs

MIDFIELDERS 2 Abou Diaby 7 Tomas Rosicky 8 Mikel Arteta 10 Jack Wilshere 16 Aaron Ramsey 17 Alex Song 19 Santi Cazorla 22 Francis Coquelin 23 Andrey Arshavin 26 Emmanuel Frimpong

FORWARDS 9 Lukas Podolski 12 Olivier Giroud 14 Theo Walcott 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 27 Gervinho 29 Marouane Chamakh 30 Park Chu-Young 52 Nicklas Bendtner

STAR MAN: ALEX OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN

It’s The Ox's season to shine! He’ll use his explosive pace down the wings to create chance after chance for the Gunners

DEFENSIVE LEADER: THOMAS VERMAELEN

The new captain. He bosses the back line – and pops up with vital goals

SUMMER TRANSFERS

IN: Olivier Giroud (Montpellier, £13m) Lukas Podoloski (Cologne, £11m) Santi Cazorla (Malaga, £15m)

OUT: Robin Van Persie (Manchester United, £24m), Kyle Bartley (Swansea, £1m) Manuel Almunia (released), Gavin Hoyte (released), Jeffrey Monakana (Preston, free), Joel Campbell (Real Betis, loan), Denilson (Sao Paulo, loan) Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad, £3m) Benik Afobe (Bolton, loan)

STRONGEST LINE-UP

[GK] SZCZESNY 
[RB] SAGNA 
[CB] KOSCIELNY 
[CB] VERMAELEN 
[LB] GIBBS 
[DMF] SONG 
[CMF] CAZORLA 
[CMF] ARTETA 
[RW] WALCOTT 
[LW] CHAMBERLAIN 
[CF] PODOLSKI 
4-1-2-3 
Style: Possession football

TOP 3 TWITTER STARS

1 ANDRE SANTOS - 745,246 followers

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2 ALEX OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN - 643,519 followers

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3 AARON RAMSEY - 549,302

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RATINGS

DEFENCE 7 

MIDFIELD 8

ATTACK 8 

OVERALL 7.6

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