Arsenal battle Brighton without Gabriel Jesus

Gabriel Jesus #9 of Arsenal looks on.<br />Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Mike Ehrmann / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo is banned after accumulating five yellow cards, so Billy Gilmour may start his first league game for the club.

Danny Welbeck is doubtful to face his former side because of a muscle injury. Alexis Mac Allister is not expected to be available following his post-World Cup break.

Arsenal will monitor the fitness of Emile Smith Rowe and Takehiro Tomiyasu, who are nearing returns from respective groin and hamstring problems.

Gabriel Jesus and Reiss Nelson remain sidelined. If Arsenal go to Brighton and win then that will be a sign that they can go all the way and win the title.

It was massive for the Gunners that Eddie Nketiah scored in their win over West Ham, and he took his goal really well too, but this is a big test of their resolve, and the sort of game where they will miss the injured Gabriel Jesus.

Brighton knocked Arsenal out of the Carabao Cup earlier in the season, but they actually have a decent record against them in the Premier League in recent years, and beat them at Emirates Stadium in April.

Danny Welbeck has scored four goals in his last five games against Arsenal in all competitions, in a run stretching back to Man Utd’s 8-2 win over the Gunners in August 2011

Head-to-head, Brighton have lost just one of their five Premier League home games against Arsenal (W2, D2), a 1-0 defeat in December 2020.

The Seagulls are one of three teams against whom the Gunners have lost more matches (four) than they have won (three), along with Manchester United (W17, L26) and Liverpool (W17, L25).

Brighton & Hove Albion The seventh-placed Seagulls are on