Martin Odegaard misses out for Arsenal in their Premier League clash with Brentford at the Brentford Community Stadium. The Norwegian sustained an injury in training and will be out for Sunday's match. He's replaced in the starting XI by Fabio Vieira who makes his first Premier League start of the season.
Oleksandr Zinchenko also fails to make it after sustaining an injury. Ukraine had put out a statement confirming that the 25-year-old would not be involved for them over the international break, but Mikel Arteta had appeared to hint that he might have a chance in his pre-match press conference. He's replaced in the starting XI by Kieran Tierney.
Ben White does make it, however, despite reports suggesting that the England international would be out due to an injury. The 24-year-old starts at right back with Takehiro Tomiyasu on the bench.
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There is a return from injury for Thomas Partey who has missed nearly a month of football due to a recurrence of a thigh injury that saw him miss the back end of last season. That means that Albert Sambi Lokonga drops down to the bench.
The Belgian is joined there by exciting 15-year-old midfielder Ethan Nwaneri who makes the senior squad for the first time. Fellow youngsters Lino Sousa and Reuell Walters are with the team too. Emile Smith Rowe is absent from the squad though, as he continues to recover from a groin injury that has been giving him trouble all season.
Arsenal starting XI vs Brentford - Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tierney; Partey, Xhaka, Vieira; Saka, Jesus, Martinelli.
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