Arsenal players train as they prepare for season finale against Aston Villa in FA Cup final at Wembley

Arsenal has been putting together their final plans as they prepare for their final game of the season against Aston Villa in the FA Cup final on Saturday.

Manager Arsene Wenger is left with a few key decisions still to make as he watched his squad train at their London Colney base in the rain on Friday morning.

Among those in action, Olivier Giroud is likely to spearhead the Gunners attack, despite Theo Walcott's superb hat-trick against West Brom last week. While Jack Wilshere is also set to start from the bench, despite his superb goal in their final Premier League game. 

Arsenal players Aaron Ramsey (second left), Jack Wilshere (centre) and Calum Chambers train with club legend Robert Pires (left)

Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta (left) lays one off under pressure from Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez

Defenders Chambers (left) and Per Mertesacker were all smiles at Arsenal's London Colney training base on Friday

Midfielder Ramsey, who scored the winner in last year's final, runs with the ball during the training session

One certain starter, Aaron Ramsey, who scored the winning goal as they beat Hull 3-2 in last season's final, is hopeful they can continue their run of silverware. 

'Hopefully we can win the FA Cup this year,' he said. 'Then that'll be two things in two years so hopefully we can just keep that run of winning things going.'

'Back-to-back finals are not an easy thing to achieve. In the second half of the season we have shown the form that we need throughout the season to win this league.

'We certainly showed that we are capable of going on these big runs and not losing too many games.

'If we can just show that consistency throughout the season then we'll be challenging for the Premier League, and that's what we'll be looking to do next year.'

Arsenal's midfield duo Santi Cazorla (left) and Francis Coquelin vie for possession 

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger (right) has a word with captain Mikel Arteta on a rainy Friday at their training base

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny faces a wait to see if he will start the FA Cup final on Saturday against Aston Villa

Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini (left) is all smiles alongside Gunners team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Arsenal will be playing in a record 19th FA Cup final on Saturday, one more than Manchester United, while victory will mean they also clinch their 12th Cup triumph, one more than United's 11.

Meanwhile, Wenger will be chasing a piece of history of his own. He currently has five FA Cup victory under his belt, and a sixth will move him level with legendary Villa manager George Ramsay, who won the Cup six times himself between 1883 and 1920.

The Gunners boss does face another selection headache, whether to stick with first-choice goalkeeper David Ospina, or give the jersey to Wojciech Szczesny.

The Polish stopper was dropped in January, and Ospina has made the position his own since then, but Szczesny has started every game in the competition since the fourth round.

And Szczesny, then first choice, was forced to watch on from the bench last season as Lukasz Fabianski started the FA Cup final against Hull. 

Olivier Giroud (right) is expected to return to lead Arsenal's attack in place of Arsenal team-mate Theo Walcott

(L-R) Coquelin, Mathieu Debuchy, Mesut Ozil, Flamini and Laurent Koscielny of Arsenal during a training session at London

Defender Per Mertesacker, meanwhile, is prepared to face an in-form Christian Benteke on Saturday.

The Aston Villa forward has been in blistering form since Tim Sherwood took charge at Villa Park, and Mertesacker is expecting him to be a handful.  

He said: ‘In dangerous situations, he (Benteke) often gives good, clever balls to his team-mates, especially in the semi-final. It’s difficult for us, we know how difficult it is to compete at Wembley. It’s different from being away or at home. You can’t compare that.

‘We have a certain mental strength in this competition to come back. We’ve been successful there.’

German playmaker Ozil (centre) attempts a little flick while Arteta (left) and Walcott watch on

Arsenal forward Sanchez appears deep in thought as he crouches in the rain during the training session

Arsenal's first-choice goalkeeper David Ospina dives low to his left to make one-handed stop