West Brom name an extremely inexperienced lineup. They make 11 changes to the side that beat Blackburn 2-1 away last time out, with five players making their West Brom debut.
SUBS: Alexandre Lacazette, Gabriel Martinelli, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Emile Smith Rowe, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Bernd Leno, Pablo Marí.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Aaron Ramsdale; Calum Chambers, Rob Holding, Sead Kolasinac, Nuno Tavares; Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka; Nicolas Pepe, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
SUBS: Ted Cann, Zak Delaney, Rico Richards, Toby King, Mo Faal, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Jovan Malcolm.
WEST BROM (4-2-3-1): Alex Palmer; Cedric Kipre, Saul Shotton, Caleb Taylor, Ethan Ingram; Robert Snodgrass, Adam Reach; Quevin De Castro, Rayhaan Tulloch, Tom Fellows; Kenneth Zohore.
Arsenal, on the other hand, have had a poor start to the season. They followed up their disappointing opening day defeat to Brentford with a poor display against Chelsea, where they were outclassed on their way to a 2-0 loss. They’ll be aiming to arrest their slump immediately today.
Hello and welcome to live commentary of this EFL Cup second round fixture between West Brom and Arsenal. The hosts have made an excellent start to life under new head coach Valerian Ismael in the Championship: they’ve amassed 10 points from four games and will be hoping to use that form to stun Arsenal today.
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