Arsenal 's midfield trio Jack Wilshere , Mikel Arteta and Abou Diaby have all been handed starts for the club 's Under 21s game on Tuesday night as they continue their respective recoveries from injury . Steve Gatting 's young Gunners take on Stoke City at the Emirates Stadium in a U21 Premier League clash . Teenage winger Serge Gnabry is also in the starting line-up , alongside a host of promising youngsters including Dan Crowley . Jack Wilshere , pictured in first team training last week , starts for Arsenal Under 21s on Tuesday night . Club captain Mikel Arteta ( left ) is also in the team to play against Stoke City at the Emirates Stadium . Wilshere watched Arsenal beat Liverpool 4-1 in the Premier League from the stands on Saturday afternoon . Iliev , Maitland-Niles , O ’ Connor , Bielik , Ormonde-Ottewill , Diaby , Arteta , Gnabry , Wilshere , Crowley , Iwobi . Wilshere has been out of action since November after breaking his foot against Manchester United , as has club captain Arteta who picked up an ankle injury at home to Borussia Dortmund . Diaby 's fitness troubles have been well documented , with the French midfielder racking up 227 weeks out during his nine-year career with the club . All three featured in last week 's practice match against a Brentford development XI , with England international Wilshere scoring in the 4-0 victory . Mathieu Debuchy and Mathieu Flamini also appeared in that game , though both are now closer to first team action with the latter coming on against Liverpool on Saturday . Arsene Wenger said last Thursday : 'They ’ ve no problem after that coming out of the game . They are back available in training , a bit short still of top competitive level certainly but that ’ s normal . 'They ’ ve been out for a long time but I was quite surprised by how fit they looked and the quality of their performance - it was good . ' Gnabry , who played nine times in the Premier League last season , has been blighted by injuries this term , and is yet to play a first team game . Abou Diaby has been blighted by injuries for the best part of a decade but played last week in a friendly . England star Wilshere scored the opening goal and created another against a Brentford development XI .
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