Team News: Oxlade-Chamberlain starts for Arsenal

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been handed a start for Arsenal's FA Cup tie with Aston Villa this afternoon.

Thierry Henry has to settle for a place on the bench, as does Bacary Sagna, who has returned from a broken leg.

Visiting Villa have partnered Robbie Keane up front with Darren Bent, while Carlos Cuellar comes in for the injured James Collins.

Arsenal: Fabianski; Coquelin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen; Song, Rosicky, Ramsey; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Van Persie, Walcott.

Villa: Given; Hutton, Dunne, Cuellar, Warnock; Ireland, Petrov, Clark, Agbonlahor; Keane, Bent.