Well, Martin Odegaard won’t play a part in Arsenal’s fixture this morning.
The Gunners are gearing up to face Brentford in their seventh Premier League outing of the campaign.
Arsenal have won five and lost only one of their first six top-flight games thus far.
The Norway international has been instrumental in the North Londoners’ form, scoring three times in six Premier League appearances this season.
However, he misses out today and David Ornstein of The Athletic explains why.
According to the reliable journalist, the former Real Madrid playmaker suffered a knock in training yesterday, but Ornstein added that it isn’t a serious problem.
This is a massive blow to Arsenal because, as mentioned, Odegaard has been a major influence on this team so far – and, well, he’s captain.
However, it’ll be fascinating to see how Fabio Vieira fares in his place.
The Portuguese maestro joined Arsenal in a £34 million summer deal but injury has prevented him from having a huge impact thus far.
But he starts today in what is his full Premier League debut and let’s see how he gets on away to Thomas Frank’s side.
Here is how Mikel Arteta decided to line up overall:
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