- Lukas Podolski
Lukas Podolski certainly wouldn’t have been in my team before today, as he never plays. Olivier Giroud has been in fine goal scoring form since his return from injury and had he not have earned himself a straight red card for a headbutt, he would have been my second choice. Putting Podolski in your team is a risk, as we don’t know if he will play tomorrow, but when he does play, he seems to score. I imagine Arsene will opt to play a front three of Alexis, Welbeck and Podolski, as it is unlikely he’ll want to start Theo Walcott who is just back from injury. Podolski has an outstanding conversion rate in the Premier League and I think putting him in your team would be a risk worth taking.