Champions League: Arsenal vs Galatasaray chasing top spot in Group D

Arsenal journey to Turkey on Tuesday knowing only a win over Galatasaray will stay alive their anticipation of winning Group D.

Arsene Wenger's team are two points afloat of Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League bunch and with the pair effectively eligible, the focal point will be on attempting to squeeze top spot on in the last round of installations.

Arsenal will be looking to bob back from Saturday's stun rout at Stoke, yet realize that they are depending on Anderlecht to struck Dortmund to provide for them a reasonable possibility of completing first.

The match will check the end of a dreary run in European football for Galatasaray and their contribution closes after Tuesday's match paying little heed to the result. Crush in Brussels against Anderlecht sentenced the Turkish side to an early passageway.

Danny Welbeck's first expert hat-trick controlled Arsenal to a 4-1 win when the two groups met at the Emirates prior in the crusade.

Arsene Wenger has made the strange stride of affirming his group 24 hours early.

Mathieu Debuchy come back emulating three months out with a lower leg damage and goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny (hip) additionally returns into the beginning XI. A few first-cooperative individuals have stayed in London, including Alexis Sanchez (crotch), Danny Welbeck (knee), Kieran Gibbs (hip) and Laurent Koscielny (Achilles). Adolescents Stefan O'connor, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Gedion Zelalem, Glen Kamara, Chuba Akpom and Alex Iwobi have all voyages and will take puts on the seat.

Galatasaray and Benfica are the main two Champions League teams that are officially out of each European rivalry right now.

Arsenal has qualified from group stage for the fifteenth season in succession, the longest such run for an English club.

The Gunners could win the group with a triumph if Borussia Dortmund loses against Anderlecht, or if the German side team draw and Arsenal win by a six-goal edge.

Barring plenty shootouts, Arsenal have never lost a European match against Turkish resistance (W6 D4), maintain a spotless sheet in eight of these matches.

Galatasaray have not defeated by any of their last five European home matches against English sides (W3 2d).

Arsenal team: Szczesny, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Chambers, Bellerin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Flamini, Ramsey, Campbell, Sanogo, Podolski. Subs: Akpom, Zelalem, Kamara, O'Connor, Iwobi, Maitland-Niles.