Cristhian Mosquera comes in to start our Premier League match away to Brighton, in place of William Saliba.
Saliba misses out after picking up an issue against Chelsea, so Mosquera starts alongside Gabriel in one of two changes from our win at the weekend.
Gabriel Martinelli also comes in to start, with Leandro Trossard among the substitutes.
Bukayo Saka captains the team in the absence of Martin Odegaard, and makes his 300th first team appearance for us. He becomes the 52nd men’s player in our history to reach the milestone, across all competitions, after making his debut as a 17 year old back in November 2018.
There’s a landmark appearance too for David Raya, who plays for the 100th time in the Premier League for us. He has kept 42 clean sheets in his 99 games to date, and becomes the seventh goalkeeper to reach a century for us in the Premier League.
Max Dowman is also back among the substitutes, having not featured for the first team since playing against Slavia Prague in early November. There is no place in the squad though for Martin Odegaard, Mikel Merino or Ben White, who all remain unavailable with injury.
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Preview: Arsenal v Brighton
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Arsenal: Raya Timber, Mosquera, Gabriel, Hincapie, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Saka, Martinelli, Gyokeres.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Jesus, Norgaard, Trossard, Madueke, Havertz, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman
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