On the hunt for a fifth consecutive victory across all tournaments, Arsenal play their first game outside of London since November on Saturday evening when they square up to Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium.
The Gunners ran out 3-1 winners at Brentford on New Year's Day, not long after the Seagulls held Aston Villa to a 2-2 stalemate, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION vs. ARSENAL
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BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
Out: Danny Welbeck (ankle), Mats Wieffer (leg), Evan Ferguson (ankle), James Milner (hamstring), Ferdi Kadioglu (toe)
Doubtful: Pervis Estupinan (illness), Jack Hinshelwood (knee), Adam Webster (thigh)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Verbruggen; Lamptey, Dunk, Van Hecke, Estupinan; Baleba, O'Riley; Adingra, Rutter, Mitoma; Pedro
ARSENAL
Out: Jurrien Timber (suspended), Bukayo Saka (hamstring), Raheem Sterling (knee), Ben White (knee), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee)
Doubtful: Kai Havertz (illness)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Raya; Partey, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Martinelli, Jesus, Trossard
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
Ben Knapton
