Cardiff v Arsenal: Ozil back, Torreira pushing to start, Cardiff injury woes

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Mesut Ozil has recovered from illness and is available for Arsenal’s Premier League trip to Cardiff on Sunday.

The 29-year-old missed last weekend’s win over West Ham but has trained all week and could return in south Wales.

Laurent Koscielny (Achilles), Sead Kolasinac (knee), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (leg) and Carl Jenkinson (ankle) are missing as Lucas Torreira pushes for his first start.

Provisional squad: Cech, Leno, Bellerin, Lichtsteiner, Holding, Mustafi, Mavropanos, Papastathopoulos, Monreal, Nelson, Xhaka, Elneny, Torreira, Guendouzi, Ramsey, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Welbeck, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Cardiff have injury problems ahead of the game.

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing has been ruled out for three months after damaging knee ligaments, and fellow wideman Junior Hoilett faces a fitness test on a groin injury that has ruled him out for two weeks.

Aron Gunnarsson will not return until after the international break because of a knee injury that has ended his hopes of linking up with Iceland following the Arsenal game.

Provisional squad: Etheridge, Smithies, Peltier, Richards, Cunningham, Morrison, Bamba, Connolly, Manga, Bennett, Arter, Damour, Ralls, Camarasa, Paterson, Hoilett, Murphy, Reid, Zohore, Ward, Madine.