Sagna faces fitness test

Arsenal will check on the fitness of full-back Bacary Sagna (hamstring) ahead of Saturday's Barclays Premier League trip to Manchester City.

German forward Lukas Podolski has returned after his hamstring injury, but lacks full match fitness.

Forward Yaya Sanogo (back), midfielders Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Abou Diaby (both knee) are all still sidelined.

Provisional Squad: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Wilshere, Ramsey, Ozil, Walcott, Giroud, Fabianski, Vermaelen, Bendtner, Monreal, Cazorla, Rosicky, Arteta, Sagna, Podolski.