Arsenal line-ups vs Crystal Palace decided as Mikel Arteta makes eight bold changes

Here are our football.london reporters' Arsenal starting XIs for the Carabao Cup quarter-final clash against Crystal Palace on Tuesday (8pm)

Arsenal are bidding to reach the Carabao Cup semi-finals for the second consecutive season when they face Crystal Palace on Tuesday evening.

The Gunners came up short last year when they were beaten 4-0 on aggregate by eventual winners Newcastle.

But this time around they're up against a depleted Palace side that have been ravaged by injuries due to their gruelling fixture schedule.

It will be the Eagles' third match in six days and they head to the Emirates Stadium off the back of Saturday's shambolic 4-1 defeat at Leeds United.

Here are chief Arsenal reporter Tom Canton and Ryan Taylor's starting XIs for the meeting.

Tom Canton

All change please! Yes, there needs to be serious changes because even though I do not think Arsenal should be throwing the League Cup and focusing on the league, the depth is good enough while preserving quality to rotate.

I have made eight changes from the team that beat Everton, and I am very confident in the side that can start against the Eagles, who play their third game in seven days.

Jurrien Timber, Piero Hincapie and Declan Rice are the only players who keep their places, and I would bring them off later in the second half ahead of the visit of Brighton just four days after.

Kepa Arrizabalaga comes in to replace David Raya as he should. After Christian Norgaard’s impressive centre-half display in Brugge he too joins the defence with Myles Lewis-Skelly.

Then the midfield is attacking with Rice at it's base but Ethan Nwaneri and Eberechi Eze ahead of him. Then up top Gabriel Jesus gets his first start, flanked by Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli.

Canton’s Arsenal XI vs Crystal Palace: Kepa; Timber, Norgaard, Hincapie, Lewis-Skelly; Rice, Eze, Nwaneri; Madueke, Jesus, Martinelli.

Ryan Taylor

I'm with TC, I'd envisage Mikel Arteta making wholesale changes for this one, even though Arsenal could really do with winning the League Cup. It's not essential, of course and yes there are two gruelling semi-finals against Chelsea at stake but lifting silverware would help ease the pressure for the title run-in.

Kepa should replace David Raya in goal, it's only fair on this occasion. Then I'd envisage the same back-four as Tom with Jurrien Timber, Christian Norgaard, Piero Hincapie and Myles Lewis-Skelly.

Hincapie was missing from Monday's training pictures though and if he's not fit, Riccardo Calafiori would slot in at left centre-back.

Martin Zubimendi's fitness has been managed in recent weeks, I suspect he'll drop out and there could be a midfield of Declan Rice, Eberechi Eze and maybe, Mikel Merino.

It would be harsh on Ethan Nwaneri, who netted in this competition against Brighton but Merino also needs minutes given he's fallen out of favour, quite cruelly, in attack for Viktor Gyokeres.

Then a front three of Gabriel Martinelli, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Jesus looks really strong on paper. Taylor's Arsenal XI vs Crystal Palace: Kepa; Timber, Norgaard, Hincapie, Lewis-Skelly; Rice, Eze, Merino; Madueke, Jesus, Martinelli.