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Louie Chandler

Ivan Toney, Christian Eriksen: The five players Brentford could be without for Arsenal clash

Arsenal are back in Premier League action this weekend following their gritty 1-0 win against Wolves.

The Gunners have their eyes set on an unexpected place in next season's Champions League via the Premier League top-four and six points will be expected from their next two games.

Saturday sees Brentford visit the Emirates Stadium before Mikel Arteta and Bruno Lage meet again, with Wolves visiting north London in midweek.

Ahead of the tie with the Bees, the Arsenal bos confirmed that his side are in good shape, with Gabriel Martinelli the only guaranteed absence following his red card at Molineux.

"We are all good," he told his pre-match press conference on Friday.

"The doubt was Tomiyasu, which is still not perfect. But he’s trained the last few days, so he’s in contention and we can use him so that’s really positive and the rest they are good.

"We know that Gabi’s out obviously because of the red card he picked against Wolves, but the rest of the players are OK.

Brentford, however, are not so fortunate and could have five first-team players absent through injury for their visit.

Julian Jeanvier, Tariq Fosu and Mathias Jorgensen are all set to miss out with various ailments but the biggest boost for Arsenal comes in the Ivan Toney's status.

The striker caused havoc in the Arsenal defence as Brentford came out on top back in August but a calf injury that ruled him out of their 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace could keep him sidelined on Saturday.

"Ivan Toney has done some light sessions and we will assess him in the morning to see how close he is," Thomas Frank told his pre-match press conference.

"He’s a player we would really like in our team, or at least in our squad. We will see tomorrow, and I will take the decision then."

Another big name at the west London club is Christian Eriksen who joined on a free transfer during January.

However, having been released by Inter Milan following the emergence of a heart condition, the Dane is continuing to work his way back to match sharpness.

"Christian looked good in the 60 minutes he played and looked good in training," Frank said of Eriksen's participation in a recent friendly.

"This Arsenal game is just one step too early. We have another good opponent for a friendly game on Monday. We are aiming for the Newcastle game."

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