Bukayo Saka picked up a knock in the goalless and utterly drab draw with Manchester City last weekend, and missed yesterday’s rout of Luton Town. The issue isn’t serious and he is in contention to feature this weekend at Brighton.
“Hopefully he’ll be able to train again and we can have him for the weekend,” manager Mikel Arteta said of Saka in a post-match interview on Wednesday.
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Elsewhere Jurrien Timber remains out as he continues recovering from his ACL injury. There are no other fitness concerns for Arsenal at this point, so expect Arteta to do some squad rotation here, as a Champions League fixture approaches on Tuesday night.
The North Londoners will need to rotate some guys as they’re in the midst of three games in seven days fixture congestion.
Shifting over to the Seagulls, Evan Ferguson, who’s dealing with a knock, faces a late fitness test before kickoff of this one.
Meanwhile Kaoru Mitoma (lower back), Solly March (knee), Jack Hinshelwood (ankle), James Milner (thigh) and ex-Chelsea man Billy Gilmour (knee) are all ruled out.
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