{"id":298668,"date":"2023-11-25T17:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T17:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298668"},"modified":"2023-11-25T17:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T17:24:42","slug":"brentford-vs-arsenal-live-premier-league-team-news-and-line-ups-as-martin-odegaard-starts-for-gunners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/brentford-vs-arsenal-live-premier-league-team-news-and-line-ups-as-martin-odegaard-starts-for-gunners\/","title":{"rendered":"Brentford vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League team news and line-ups as Martin Odegaard starts for Gunners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 3pm kick-offs are all wrapped up – a big win for Newcastle over Chelsea, and a significant result for Luton as they move four points clear of Sheffield United:<\/p>\n
Burnley 1-2 West Ham<\/strong><\/p>\n Luton 2-1 Crystal Palace<\/strong><\/p>\n Newcastle 4-1 Chelsea<\/strong><\/p>\n Nottingham Forest 2-3 Brighton<\/strong><\/p>\n Sheffield United 1-3 Bournemouth<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very proud, it is a big number and a big club,\u201d Arteta says as he prepares to oversee a 200th Arsenal game. \u201cIt is a big privilege. <\/p>\n \u201cWe are really going to have to earn it because it is a tough place to come. Brentford are able to take the game where they want to, and they have real threat. <\/p>\n [On Aaron Ramsdale]: \u201cI have got top players and I love all of them, and I try to give them all opportunities. A few get a big one today. We have quite a few injuries in central areas so we had to try something different today. Leandro Trossard has been exceptional, he\u2019s a big creator around the box and he works hard.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEverything is done and dusted – the final message to the players is routine,\u201d Frank explains from his office at the Brentford Community Stadium. \u201cJust a few bits on the line-up from Arsenal, besides that, I just try to kill time. I\u2019m watching a bit of Luton because we play them next Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cI invite managers in after the game. Some you have a closer relationship with, some not. But I always invite them in, and some come. There\u2019s a wine fridge there, and a few beers there.<\/p>\n \u201cThere eare a lot of teams that have injury issues, but we\u2019ve got a thin squad, so it\u2019s a challenge we need to solve. I\u2019m a big believer that the team we\u2019ve put out there will do the job. Mattias Jensen picked up a minor adductor strain but we\u2019re hoping we\u2019ll be ready for Luton.\u201d<\/p>\n Frank also confirms that Saman Ghoddos will be deployed as a wing-back, with Brentford sticking with a three centre-back system. <\/p>\n Brentford have lost just one of their last ten Premier League home games. Their goals this season are interesting – given how the three promoted teams have struggled, and Everton\u2019s points deduction, safety should be easily enough to secure, but a growing injury list might inhibit their ambitions of pushing for a place higher up the table. Chelsea\u2019s heavy defeat to Newcastles leaves a top half spot theirs for the taking, though – and a win over a contender would be a real boost at this stage of the season. <\/p>\n So it looks like a switch of system for Brentford from a back five to a back four, with the loss of Nathan Collins obviously a significant blow. Saman Ghoddos comes in further forward to add threat alongside Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo.<\/p>\n Leandro Trossard is a midfield starter for Arsenal, in a surprise. All sorts of attacking potential in that front five, though, with Declan Rice having to knit it all together from a holding role. <\/p>\n Arsenal XI: <\/strong>Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Rice, Trossard; Saka, Jesus, Martinelli<\/p>\n Brentford XI: <\/strong>Flekken; Ajer, Mee, Pinnock, Janelt; Norgaard, Onyeka, Yarmoliuk; Mbeumo, Ghoddos, Wissa<\/p>\n Just a few minutes now until the teams are named. It was Leandro Trossard alongside Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli last time out for Arsenal – does Mikel Arteta bring Gabriel Jesus back in from the start?<\/p>\n Thomas Frank insists Brentford \u201cfear nobody\u201d ahead of a Premier League clash with London rivals Arsenal.<\/p>\n Mikel Arteta\u2019s men travel across the capital sitting third in the table, just a point behind leaders Manchester City.<\/p>\n The Bees\u2019 maiden Premier League win came against the Gunners – a 2-0 success in August 2021.<\/p>\n Head coach Frank called on his club\u2019s fans to help secure a repeat result on Saturday evening as his side go in search of a fourth win in five games.<\/p>\n \u201cThe team we are facing tomorrow have been on an upward trajectory, but we know we are good at home and fear nobody,\u201d Thomas Frank <\/p>\n \u201cI hope we have a fantastic game and hit a top level – a top Brentford performance.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fans need to be absolutely on it from the first minute and I will do my very best to make sure the players are absolutely on it.<\/p>\n \u201cHopefully we can have a fantastic game and win.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\nMikel Arteta is next in front of the TNT Sports microphone<\/h3>\n
And Brentford manager Thomas Frank has been grabbed by TNT Sports for a pre-match chat<\/h3>\n
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