The big news for Arsenal is that William Saliba is back in the starting line-up for the Gunners. The centre back missed five games for the Gunners but is back for this match. There's also a start for Jurrien Timber who was not in the squad for the game away at Club Brugge in the Champions League.

Jurrien Timber is the latest Arsenal defender to be struck down by injury.Timber was left out of the Gunners squad for their Champions League clash against Club Brugge on Wednesday.Mikel Arteta has explained how Timber,

After 15 league games this season, Arsenal have suffered 15 injuries but the number of absentees have largely been a subplot

The Gunners looked to be settling for a hard fought point on the road after Leandro Trossard had cancelled out Matty Cash’s earlier Villa opener. But Emiliano Buendía, famously an Arsenal target in 2021, scored a killer winning goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

Arsenal are currently without Gabriel Magalhães and Cristhian Mosquera, and only just welcomed back William Saliba into the fold after the Frenchman recovered from his own injury layoff, which has seen Arteta recently deploy Christian Nørgaard at centre-back during their Champions League win over Club Brugge in midweek.

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Arsenal’s season has reached the stage where depth, resilience and timing begin to matter as much as form. The coming weeks were always likely to test Mikel Arteta’s squad, but the scale of the injury list now casts a long shadow over a period that could define the title race.

Jesus was initially not part of Arsenal's squad for the league phase of the competition but has now replaced Max Dowman.