Central defender Laurent Koscielny has returned to the Arsenal squad after missing Saturday's defeat against Norwich with a back injury.
But forward Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain misses out with the hip injury he picked up against the Canaries.
Jack Wilshere, Emmanuel Frimpong and Bacary Sagna played for the Under-21 side on Monday as they recover from injuries and are unlikely to feature.
Theo Walcott did a running session on Tuesday but he is not match fit.
Walcott has not played since he injured his chest in a collision with San Marino goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini in England's 5-0 win on 12 October, while defender Kieran Gibbs also remains sidelined with a thigh injury.
Wilshere was included in the squad that travelled to Norwich as he closes in on a return to first-team football after 14 months out with ankle and knee problems.
But after playing the full 90 minutes for the Gunners U-21s on Monday, Wenger hinted that Wednesday's game would come too soon for Wilshere, as well as Frimpong and Sagna.
"We will see how they recover but 48 hours later is too dangerous," said Wenger on Tuesday.
Schalke, who defeated Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Saturday, have injury concerns ahead of the fixture.
Attacking midfielder Julian Draxler, 19, is a major doubt for the German side after breaking his left wrist in the 2-2 draw against Montpellier at the start of the month.
Greece defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos returned to training on Sunday after more than two weeks out with chicken pox, but there is a doubt over the 20-year-old's match fitness.
Schalke are the only Bundesliga team that has not lost a competitive game away from home this season, but they have not won in England in five attempts.
"It won't be easy for us," said defender Benedikt Hoewedes. "In London we'll have to throw everything into the pot (but) with our fans behind us, I'm sure we can get a good result."
Both teams have the same coaches in charge as when the two sides last met in the Champions League during the 2001-02 season, when Arsenal won 3-2 win at Highbury before losing 3-1 in Germany.
Arsene Wenger has been a continual presence at Arsenal, while Huub Stevens is now in his second stint at Schalke.
"Our young team is still developing," said Stevens after the win in Dortmund. "But the players have shown what they are capable of."
Arsenal (from): Mannone, Santos, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Jenkinson, Cazorla, Arteta, Ramsey, Gervinho, Podolski, Giroud, Martinez, Coquelin, Djourou, Koscielny, Arshavin, Chamakh, Frimpong, Gnabry.
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