Hincapie and Zubimendi doubts for Lille clash after Leeds warm down knocks

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Arsenal could be without two key midfield and defensive options for Tuesday's Champions League clash with Lille after picking up fresh fitness concerns during the warm down following Saturday's win over Leeds.

Piero Hincapie and Martin Zubimendi both sustained injuries in the post-match cooldown at the Emirates and are now doubts to feature against the French side, according to Football365. Neither issue is linked to events during the actual match, which Arsenal won despite being troubled by a stubborn Leeds side.

William Saliba remains sidelined with the back injury that has kept him out, though there is better news at the back as Cristhian Mosquera could return having missed the last six games with a hamstring problem. Christos Tzolis, meanwhile, picked up a hamstring injury of his own during the international break, with Mikel Arteta confirming the winger will be out for “a few weeks”.

Rotation options for Arteta

Beyond the fresh fitness concerns, Arteta has selection headaches of the more welcome variety. Bruno Guimaraes will push for a start in midfield after coming off the bench to score the winning goal against Leeds, while Jurrien Timber, Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres are all in contention to come into the starting XI if Arteta decides to freshen things up for a third successive European outing.

Arsenal sit second in the Premier League behind Manchester City and arrive at this fixture having won their opening Champions League group game, putting them in position to move to six points from six should they beat Lille. The French side climbed to second in Ligue 1 with a 1-0 win over Le Havre at the weekend but suffered a 3-2 home defeat to Real Betis in their own Champions League opener.

Lille also hit by absences

Lille will be without Ethan Mbappe, the younger brother of Kylian Mbappe, who sustained an ankle injury during the international break and is suspended in any case following a straight red card against Betis. Full backs Tiago Santos and Romain Perraud both went off injured at the weekend and look unlikely to feature at the Emirates, while Hamza Igamane remains a long term absentee after rupturing his ACL in January.

Former Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud is set to drop out of the Lille side after Benjamin Andre and Ayase Ueda were rested against Le Havre and are expected to return to the starting line up. Ex-Tottenham midfielder Nabil Bentaleb played the full 90 minutes at the weekend and is in line to start his return to north London.

Arsenal will be looking to maintain their strong recent record in Europe, having kept clean sheets in 10 of their last 16 Champions League matches, as Tuesday's kick off approaches at 8pm BST.