
Date: Sunday 14th May, 2023
Time: 4:30 pm
Stadium Emirates Stadium
Referee Andrew Madley (England)
Goal Scorer:
Team News
Arsenal
As well as known absentees Takehiro Tomiyasu and Mohamed Elneny, who are both out for the season with knee injuries, Arsenal have reportedly been dealt two hammers blows with the news that William Saliba and Oleksandr Zinchenko will not play again this term either - Arteta has denied such claims though.
Many Gooners had resigned themselves to not seeing Saliba on the pitch again this season due to his slow recovery from a back injury, while Zinchenko sustained a calf problem at St James' Park and will likely be covered by Kieran Tierney for the final few games of the month.
Having excelled in the engine room at Newcastle, Jorginho may have done enough to keep Thomas Partey out of the team again, but ex-Brighton man Leandro Trossard should accept a spot on the bench against his former employers.
Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Ramsdale; White, Kiwior, Gabriel, Tierney; Odegaard, Jorginho, Xhaka; Saka, Jesus, Martinelli
Brighton
As well as battered and bruised egos, salt was rubbed into Brighton's wounds against Everton when Solly March - who was brought on at half time - came off with a thigh injury, and De Zerbi has confirmed that the winger will miss out here alongside Adam Webster.
March and Webster's absences adds to the visitors' perennial fitness concerns, which also include Jeremy Sarmiento (ankle), Tariq Lamptey (knee), Joel Veltman (thigh), Adam Lallana (thigh) and Jakub Moder (knee), and only Veltman may have the slimmest chance of lining up at the Emirates.
In the wake of such a horrific humbling, De Zerbi will ponder alterations in the shape of Levi Colwill, Julio Enciso and Evan Ferguson, the latter of whom could force ex-Arsenal man Danny Welbeck down to the dugouts.
Brighton & Hove Albion possible starting lineup:
Steele; Gross, Dunk, Colwill, Estupinan; Caicedo, Gilmour; Enciso, Mac Allister, Mitoma; Ferguson
Prediction: Arsenal 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
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