Brentford vs Arsenal: Early Team News Revealed Ahead Of Milestone Match For Arteta

By The Editor
on 22nd November 2023

Mikel Arteta set for milestone against Brentford…

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will be welcoming back some players from the treatment table ahead of our trip to Brentford in a match that will mark a special milestone for the boss.

Arteta will manage his 200th game for the club at the Gtech Community Stadium with the Spaniard looking for the 116th win of his Gunners tenure (via BBC Sport).

Irrespective of the result, the 41-year-old boasts the best winning ratio of any Arsenal manager in the same period, fresh off delivering Arsenal’s best Premier League campaign since ‘The Invincibles’.

In terms of who Arteta will have at his disposal for the team’s second trip to Brentford this campaign, the one obvious change will come between the sticks.

Aaron Ramsdale will start his first Premier League game since the 3-1 win against Manchester United in September with David Raya unable to play against his parent club.

Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Jesus will return to the squad after resuming full training this week with the latter starting for Brazil in their World Cup qualifier defeat against Argentina.

However, according to Football London, the medical staff are still sweating on the fitness of Ben White after he missed the game against Burnley with what as been described has a ‘muscle injury’.

Also, according to the report above, Emile Smith Rowe will remain sidelined for the trip to west London as he continues to nurse a knee problem.

With Manchester City and Liverpool facing off in the early kick-off, picking up a win in Arteta’s 200th game will guarantee us leapfrogging at least one of the aforementioned teams in the table.