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armory will be without William Saliba And gabriel martinelli travel to brighton on wednesday night Carabao Cup As injury problems increase Premier League Leader.
Hard-fought win over Crystal Palace The Gunners went into the weekend with a four-point lead at the top of the table, but several losses to key players cast doubt on the result.
and while Declan Rice And Riccardo Calafiori is fit and could be involved, Saliba and Martinelli will not be involved.
“Saliba is out, he will not be involved in this match,” Arteta confirmed. “Rice will be available. Calafiori, yes [available]Martinelli, looks like he’s about to be out. “This game will come very quickly for him.”
Bukayo Saka was ill last week and produced a weak performance against Palace before being substituted in the second half, but Arteta said the winger “will be fine”.
Arteta is likely to rotate his starting XI for the fourth-round tie, with Cristian Mosquera, Piero Hincapie, Ben White, Ethan Nwaneri and Max Dowman likely to start. But the manager is still without several senior players including Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz.