Arsenal are set for Premier League action for the first time in two weeks this weekend when they travel to Brentford on Sunday, looking to get back to winning ways after suffering a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester United in the previous Premier League fixture
The Gunners are currently sat top of the table after five wins from their opening six games. Their home clash against Everton last weekend was postponed following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday.
Their Europa League fixture against PSV at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday has also been postponed. Despite the cancellation, there are hopes that the match can be rescheduled before the World Cup break in November. There were also fears that the fixture against Brentford would be postponed, but instead it has been moved from its original 2pm kick-off time to the earlier 12pm.
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Oleksandr Zinchenko returned to the starting line-up for the defeat at Old Trafford, lasting 74 minutes. There were also further minutes of action for Takehiro Tomiyasu during the week after starting in Arsenal's Europa League victory over FC Zurich.
Here, football.london takes a look at the injury latest within the Arsenal squad ahead of their Premier League return against Brentford on Sunday.
Thomas Partey
The Ghanaian midfielder featured in the Gunners' opening three league games of the season, but has missed the last three league games against Fulham, Aston Villa and Manchester United.
football.london's Arsenal reporter Kaya Kaynak tells us that the 29-year-old has a tight right thigh from a training session. However, reports early this week have now suggested he has returned to training in what would be a welcome boost to Mikel Arteta.
Mohamed Elneny
Elneny remains out of action after picking up an injury in the 2-1 victory over Fulham towards the end of August. The 30-year-old had come in to replace Partey alongside Granit Xhaka in midfield prior to the London derby and played the full 90 minutes.
football.london understands that the Egyptian is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.
What Arteta has said: "With Mo (Elneny) probably it is a little bit easier and we are talking months."
Reiss Nelson
Young winger Nelson suffered an injury problem in training a few weeks back and is likely set for a significant time on the treatment table, as per Arteta.
What Arteta has said: "Everybody has trained this week and everybody is fine apart from Reiss who you know has been injured for a few weeks now.
"He felt something in training, we scanned him, and the doctor came with bad news. It’s a muscular injury; hopefully, he will be back soon. [We don't know how long for] yet. They need to do another test."
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