Will Wenger gamble with Fabregas?

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has not yet decided whether to gamble on captain Cesc Fabregas for today's Champions League Group H clash against Shakhtar Donetsk at Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners skipper has not featured since September 18 after suffering a hamstring problem when scoring at Sunderland as the ball was kicked against his leg before ballooning over the keeper.

Without their talismanic mid-fielder, Arsenal lost successive Premier League matches before the international break, although they returned to winning ways against Birmingham at the weekend. In Europe, however, Wenger's men maintained their 100% start following a hard-earned 3-1 victory at Partizan Belgrade. With Shakhtar ufffd who signed Croatia forward Eduardo from Arsenal in the summer ufffd also having picked up six points, tonight's night's encounter could all but guarantee one side safe passage into the knockout stage.