Arsenal continue their Premier League title battle with Manchester City tomorrow afternoon when the two sides meet for the first league meeting this season.
The Gunners currently lead the way by three points following the weekend's events. Pep Guardiola's side took advantage of Arsenal's dropped points against Brentford with a win against Aston Villa.
Victory for City in north London will see them overtake Mikel Arteta's side as league leaders for the first time since August. However, a first league win over the Citizens since 2015 will see the north Londoners take a huge step toward fulfilling their title ambitions.
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While City have their own injury concerns with goal-machine Erling Haaland, Arsenal have a number of players out of action with injuries. With that in mind, football.london takes a look at the latest on the injured players and when they may return.
Goalkeeper
Aaron Ramsdale has faced minor criticism for his role in Ivan Toney's equaliser in the draw at Brentford. However, despite VAR's disastrous error to not rule the goal out, the Arsenal No.1 was pretty helpless in the build-up.
The England international has made very few errors since arriving from Sheffield United in 2021 and will go up against Haaland - who has 25 Premier League goals in 21 appearances.
Defence
As you would expect for a side who have enjoyed so much success this season, there haven't been many changes within Arteta's starting XI - especially in defence.
Oleksandr Zinchenko will go up against his former employees with the tough task of keeping Riyad Mahrez quiet whilst Ben White is expected to be preferred ahead of Takehiro Tomiyasu at right-back. It's also expected that the reliable centre-back partnership of William Saliba and Gabriel will complete the defence.
Midfield
The Gunners have struck rather lucky in the injury front when it comes to their reliable midfield trio. Granit Xhaka, Thomas Partey and Martin Odegaard have played starring roles in the club's remarkable turnaround from last season's top four heartbreak.
Former Chelsea man Jorginho is yet to start his first goal for the club since his deadline day move and provides an option off the bench. However, there continues to be no Mohamed Elneny after the Egyptian picked up a knee injury in training last month.
A club statement confirmed that he would be out for an extended period of time, although no timescale was given on his expected return.
Forward
Arsenal's forward players have all enjoyed impressive periods of form this season. Bukayo Saka has contributed to 16 goals in 29 games this season while Gabriel Martinelli has gone five league games without a goal or assist.
The Brazilian's form has been scrutinised in recent weeks and his place in the starting line-up has come into doubt after Leandro Trossard scored off the bench at the weekend.
Gabriel Jesus has continued his recovery from a medial ligament damage sustained at the World Cup but still remains some time away from making a return. The same goes with Hale Ender Emile Smith Rowe, who has suffered a groin issue for some time.
The 22-year-old made cameo appearances against Tottenham and Oxford United in January but has been left out of the previous three games as a precaution. Reiss Nelson also remains a doubt, with Arteta confirming the three absentees are "not ready yet to contribute."
Nelson's hamstring injury has left him out of action since the return of domestic football in December. Like Smith Rowe, Nelson has returned to training and could make a return to the Gunners squad sooner rather than later.
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