With an eye on Tuesday night, when Arsenal will host Bayern Munich in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal clash, Gunners boss Mikel Arteta will look to do some squad rotation. The Saturday fixture at Brighton is sandwiched in between the big continental competition in next midweek, and last night’s win over Luton Town.
So you will see a mix of starters and reserves on Saturday. A lot of the guys who came off the bench on Wednesday will be in the starting lineup here and vice versa.
Arsenal FC at Brighton & Hove Albion FYIs
Kickoff: Sat. April 6, 5:30 pm, Falmer Stadium. Brighton & Hove, UK
PL Form, Standing: Arsenal WDWWW 1st, 68 pts Brighton DLWLD 9th, 43 pts
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Google Result Probability: Arsenal 59% Draw 22% Brighton 19%
Currently, the fitness of the overall Arsenal squad is very good, maybe the best that it has been all season long. That gives Arteta the luxury if rotating players in and out, while he manages the current fixture congestion.
We actually left out the likes of Eddie Nketiah, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Thomas Partey and Emile Smith Rowe in our lineup prediction here.
So with that all said, here is who we included:
Arsenal Starting XI Prediction at Brighton
David Raya; Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard, Jorginho, Reiss Nelson, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli
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