Team News
Arsenal will be without midfielder Abou Diaby for nine months after the Frenchman sustained cruciate ligament injury in a training session. Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere are also sidelined with groin and ankle injuries respectively, while Kieran Gibbs is a doubt with a virus. Reading welcome back striker Pavel Pogrebnyak from a three-match suspension, while Stuart Taylor could be replaced in goal by fit again Alex McCarthy, who is back from a four-month layoff following surgery on his shoulder.
Likely Line-Ups
Arsenal Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Jenkinson, Cazorla, Arteta, Ramsey, Chamberlain, Podolski, Giroud
Reading McCarthy, Harte, Mariappa, Shorey, Pearce, McAnuff, Leighertwood, Robson-Kanu, McCleary, Le Fondre, Pogrebnyak Source:
BBC