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Stephan Lichtsteiner starts for Arsenal against Brighton

Stephan Lichtsteiner
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Stephan Lichtsteiner starts in place of the suspended Ainsley Maitland-Niles as Arsenal look to boost their top-four hopes against Brighton on Renault Super Sunday.

The Switzerland international features for the Gunners for the first time since their 2-0 win over Southampton on February 24 in place of Maitland-Niles, who was sent off in last Sunday's 3-0 defeat to Leicester.

Unai Emery has made five changes in total to the side that beat Valencia 3-1 on Thursday.

Bernd Leno, Nacho Monreal, Lucas Torreira and Henrikh Mkhitaryan join Lichtsteiner in the starting line-up with Mesut Ozil, who captains the side, joining Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette in attack.

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Meanwhile, Chris Hughton, who saw his side's Premier League status for next season confirmed following Cardiff's defeat to Crystal Palace, makes three changes from the Brighton side that drew 1-1 with Newcastle last weekend.

Solly March, Yves Bissouma and Alireza Jahanbakhsh come in for Beram Kayal, Jose Izquierdo and Florian Andone.

Team news...

Arsenal: Leno, Lichtsteiner, Mustafi, Sokratis, Monreal, Xhaka, Torreira, Ozil, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

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Subs: Cech, Elneny, Koscielny, Iwobi, Guendouzi, Kolasinac, Nketiah.

Brighton: Ryan, Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo, March, Stephens, Bissouma, Jahanbakhsh, Gross, Murray.

Subs: Button, Bong, Kayal, Locadia, Andone, Knockaert, Burn.

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