The 2009 Uefa Cup winners are five points clear of archrivals Dynamo Kiev after 13 games in the Ukrainian League and have recorded impressive Champions League victories over Partizan Belgrade and Braga to sit alongside Arsenal on a maximum six points going into Tuesday's clash.

BBC: Arsenal's wounded soldier returns

The Tamworth-born midfielder made his first team debut in a Uefa Cup tie against CSKA Moscow in February 2009, a game that saw then manager Martin O'Neill controversially leave the majority of his senior players at home.

BBC: Marc Albrighton