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Key occasions
15 min: Kevin Schade tries to play Bryan Mbeumo in behind with a weighted move that’s barely overhit. William Saliba reads his intention and is first to the ball forward of the burly Brentford winger.
13 min: Mikkel Damsgaard takes the nook however his supply is poor. Arsenal clear on the close to submit, with Zinchenko doing the honours.
12 min: Tierney squanders possession out by the far touchline, passing the ball straight to Wissa close to the midway line. Brentford win a nook after good work by Keane Lewis-Potter, the ball going out off Partey.
10 min: Arsenal win their first nook of the sport after Martinelli has a cross-shot from a decent angle put behind by Mark Flekken. Brentford half-clear the nook however the ball is recycled and crossed to the far submit by Rice. Partey is unable to pick a teammate along with his header again throughout the penalty space.
9 min: Ethan Nwaneri and Partey mix down the precise earlier than slipping the ball inside to Declan Rice. The ball breaks to Nwaneri on the sting of the world however his shot is blocked by Vitaly Janelt.
8 min: Kevin Schade robs Leandro Trossard of possession in midfield however proceeds to run into site visitors and loses the ball.
7 min: Thomas Partey heads a Brentford cross into the Arsenal field clear after a pleasant passing transfer by Thomas Frank’s workforce.
6 min: There’s a break in play and Leandro Trossard has an prolonged moan on the referee, prompting Brentford defender Nathan Collins to burst out laughing. I’m undecided what that’s about.
5 min: Arsenal win an early free-kick deep inside their very own half. It’s a mite too far out for even Declan Rice to have a crack so David Raya, previously of the Brentford parish, will get it launched upfield.
3 min: Sepp van den Berg and Vitaly Janelt mix as Brentford attempt to play the ball out from the again. They leather-based the ball forwards within the normal course of Yoane Wissa however William Saliba tidies up on the again for Arsenal.
2 min: Kieran Tierney, making his first Premier League begin for Arsenal since Could 2023, will get an early contact on his eighth league look of the season.
1 min: Thomas Partey takes an early throw-in for Arsenal, deep inside his personal half. He’s taking part in at right-back for the Gunners at present.
Arsenal v Brentford is go …
1 min: Following a fast knee to remind everybody that soccer is for everybody and there’s no room for racism or some other type of discrimination within the recreation, Brentford get the ball rolling. They will not be as exalted as Arsenal’s midweek Champions League opponents however I fancy them to present their hosts extra of a recreation. Sport on!
Not lengthy now: Simon Hooper and his workforce of match officers lead each units of gamers out on to the Emirates sward on a cool and balmy night time in London. Jorginho and Christian Norgaard are the skippers and kick-off is only a few minutes away.
Brentford: The Bees haven’t received at Arsenal since 1938, though it’s in all probability solely truthful to level out that they’ve solely performed them at Highbury or The Emirates 5 instances within the intervening 87 years.
Arsenal: Mikel Arteta has praised Declan Rice for his initiative after the midfielder ignored the directions of Arsenal’s set-piece coach earlier than scoring the primary of his two free-kicks in opposition to Actual Madrid. Ed Aarons experiences …
In the present day’s Premier League outcomes
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Manchester Metropolis 5-2 Crystal Palace
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Brighton 2-2 Leicester Metropolis
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Nottingham Forest 0-1 Everton
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Southampton 0-3 Aston Villa
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View the Premier League desk
In the present day’s match officers
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Referee: Simon Hooper.
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Assistants: Adrian Holmes and Simon Lengthy.
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Fourth official: Will Finnie.
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VAR: James Bell.
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Assistant VAR: Nick Greenhalgh.
These groups: Unsurprisingly, Mikel Arteta makes 5 adjustments to the aspect that lined up in opposition to Actual Madrid, with Jurrien Timber, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Mikel Merino all dropping to the bench for this night’s recreation.
Kieran Tierney, Jorginho, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Leandro Trossard and EthanNwaneri come into the aspect that can face Brentford this night. Jorginho will captain the aspect within the absence of Martin Odegaard. There’s no place for Ben White within the matchday squad, the defender having picked up a knock in coaching.
Thomas Frank makes only one chanfe to the Bees aspect that drew with Chelsea final outing. Vitaly Yanelt comes into midfield, with Yehor Yarmoliuk making method. Plagued with harm all season and but to make his debut for Brentford after signing from Gremio final August, the 19-year-old winger Gustavo Nunes is on the bench after recovering from a again harm.
Arsenal v Brentford line-ups
Arsenal: Raya, Partey, Saliba, Kiwior, Tierney, Jorginho, Zinchenko, Rice, Nwaneri, Martinelli, Trossard.
Subs: Neto, Timber, Lewis-Skelly, Henry-Francis, Odegaard, Saka, Merino, Butler-Oyedeji, Sterling.
Brentford: Flekken; Ajer, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard, Janelt, Damsgaard; Schade, Wissa, Mbeumo
Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Mee, Yarmoliuk, Konak, Kayode, Nunes
Early workforce information
Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka could also be rested after selecting up knocks within the Actual Madrid recreation, a state of affairs that would result in Jorginho and Ethan Nwaneri getting begins. Raheem Sterling can be out there after lacking out on the Actual Madrid recreation by means of suspension.
Gabriel, Kai Havertz, Riccardo Calafiori, Gabriel Jesus and Takehiro Tomiyasu all stay sidelined, though Mikel Arteta revealed yesterday that Havertz is more likely to return from his hamstring harm earlier than the tip of the season.
For Brentford, Rico Henry is accessible for choice after getting back from the hamstring harm that has stored him sidelined since January and will make what could be solely his third look of the season. Fabio Carvalho, Aaron Hickey, Gustavo Nunes, Igor Thiago and Josh Dasilva all stay out.
Premier League: Arsenal v Brentford
Excessive on the hog after their surprisingly emphatic Champions League quarter-final first leg win over Actual Madrid, Arsenal host Brentford as they try to keep up their apparently forlorn pursuit of table-toppers Liverpool, who lead them by 11 factors within the Premier League with simply seven rounds of fixtures left to go.
Twelfth within the desk with little left to play for past pleasure, Brentford go into this recreation having taken simply 5 factors from the previous 15 out there however will likely be hopeful of beating a aspect with a couple of eye on Wednesday’s extra vital task on the Bernabeu. Kick-off on the Emirates is at 5.30pm (BST) however we’ll have workforce information and build-up within the meantime.