Champions League

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Champions League | Group Stage

Sep 20, 2023 at 8pm UK

Emirates Stadium

Arsenal
4 - 0
PSV

Saka (8'), Trossard (20'), Jesus (38'), Odegaard (70')
White (42')

FT(HT: 3-0)

Boscagli (48'), Tillman (80'), Schouten (87')

Arsenal team news: Injury, suspension list vs. PSV Eindhoven

By Ben Knapton, Senior Reporter | 18 September 2023

Sports Mole rounds up all of Arsenal's latest injury and suspension news ahead of Wednesday's Champions League Group B clash with PSV Eindhoven.

For the first time in six-and-a-half years, Arsenal will play a Champions League match at the Emirates Stadium, as the Gunners welcome PSV Eindhoven to North London for Wednesday's Group B opener.

Mikel Arteta's side have not competed in Europe's elite tournament since the 2016-17 campaign but sealed their return to the big time owing to their runners-up finish in the 2022-23 Premier League season.

The Gunners have also started the 2023-24 campaign in impressive fashion, winning four and drawing one of their first five top-flight games and overcoming Everton 1-0 at the weekend.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up Arsenal's injury and suspension news ahead of their clash with PSV, who lost 1-0 at the Emirates during last year's Europa League group stage.

Gabriel Martinelli

Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli receives treatment for an injury on September 17, 2023 © Reuters

Status: Out
Type of injury: Hamstring
Possible return date: September 24 (vs. Tottenham Hotspur)

Only a few moments after having a goal ruled out for offside, Gabriel Martinelli was taken off against Everton with a hamstring problem. Arteta conceded at his pre-game press conference that the Brazilian would not be involved here, but he has not ruled the Brazilian out of the weekend's North London derby just yet.

Thomas Partey

Thomas Partey in action for Arsenal on October 20, 2022 © Reuters

Status: Out
Type of injury: Groin
Possible return date: October 21 (vs. Chelsea)

Prior to Sunday's win at Goodison Park, Arteta conceded that Thomas Partey was still a few weeks away from making a full recovery from the groin injury he sustained in training at the end of August, and a comeback is therefore unlikely before the latter stages of October.

Jurrien Timber

Arsenal's Jurrien Timber comes off injured on August 12, 2023 © Reuters

Status: Out
Type of injury: Knee
Possible return date: Unknown

Former Ajax man Jurrien Timber is at risk of sitting out the entirety of Arsenal's Champions League campaign, having suffered a devastating ACL rupture on his Premier League debut, and he will spend another several months recuperating from surgery.

Mohamed Elneny

Status: Out
Type of injury: Knee
Possible return date: Unknown

Mohamed Elneny has been pictured on the training pitches as he works his way back from a knee operation, which he underwent in January, but he is still building up his fitness gradually and will not make a competitive return for a short while.