Arsenal will be without several members of their squad when they take on Newcastle in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.
Mikel Arteta’s side host Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night as they look to take a first-leg lead to St James’ Park next month. The Gunners defeated Crystal Palace in their quarter-final tie in December, with Gabriel Jesus scoring a hat-trick in the 3-2 victory.
This time, Arsenal will have several players on the sidelines due to injury for the clash against Newcastle. Arteta confirmed in his press conference on Monday that Ethan Nwaneri suffered a muscle injury in the Premier League draw with Brighton at the weekend, and will be unavailable for several weeks.
Kai Havertz has missed Arsenal’s last two matches against Brentford and Brighton due to illness. Arteta was optimistic that Havertz could return to the matchday squad against Newcastle but would not confirm if the German would be available or not.
Goalkeeper Neto will be unavailable for the match as he is cup-tied, having played in the competition earlier this season for Bournemouth before his loan to Arsenal. Bukayo Saka, Raheem Sterling, Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu are also unavailable due to injury.
Goalkeepers: David Raya, Tommy Setford.
Defenders: Jurrien Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Riccardo Calafiori, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jakub Kiwior, Kieran Tierney.
Midfielders: Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice, Thomas Partey, Mikel Merino, Jorginho.
Forwards: Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard.
Unavailable: Bukayo Saka (hamstring), Raheem Sterling (knee), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee), Ethan Nwaneri (muscle), Ben White (knee), Neto (cup-tied).
