Arsenal will be without captain Laurent Koscielny for Arsene Wenger’s final home game as manager.
Koscielny suffered a serious Achilles injury in Thursday’s Europa League defeat to Atletico Madrid and looks set to miss the World Cup with France. [phone]
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Mohamed Elneny (ankle) and Santi Cazorla (Achilles) are also sidelined but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can return having been cup-tied in Europe.
Provisional squad: Cech, Ospina, Bellerin, Holding, Mustafi, Chambers, Mertesacker, Mavropanos, Monreal, Nelson, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Willock, Wilshere, Ramsey, Ozil, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Welbeck, Lacazette, Nketiah, Aubameyang
Ben Mee and Scott Arfield are both missing for Burnley.
Clarets skipper Mee (shin) has not played since the end of March and Arfield, who is Rangers-bound at the end of the season, has a calf complaint.
Steven Defour and Robbie Brady have longer term knee injuries but are making progress.
Provisional squad: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Long, Ward, Lennon, Cork, Westwood, Gudmundsson, N’Koudou, Hendrick, Barnes, Wood, Vokes, Heaton, Marney, Bardsley, Taylor, Wells.
Last season: Arsenal 2 Burnley 1, Burnley 0 Arsenal 1
Last five league matches: Arsenal W W L W L; Burnley W W L D D
Top scorers (all competitions): Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 16; Chris Wood (Burnley) 11
Match odds: Arsenal 4-7 Draw 9-2 Burnley 3-1
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)
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