The starting eleven for Brighton but with a twist

By Danong 

Arsenal are back in action on Saturday afternoon, heading south to take on Brighton at the Amex Stadium.

Unbeaten so far this season, the Gunners will be hoping to keep that record intact. However, they face one of the fiercest Brighton sides they've come up against in recent years.

The Seagulls have made a decent start to the campaign. Despite a defeat to Chelsea on matchday two, Fabian Hürzeler's side have shown they mean business, netting more goals than anyone else four games in.

This Brighton side won't sit back and hope to survive. On the contrary, they'll believe they can hurt Arsenal.

Sometimes the most compelling games are the ones where both teams walk onto the pitch believing they can win, and this looks like one of them.

Arsenal have won the last three meetings between the sides, and they will be looking to make it four.

With that in mind, here is the line-up that should give Brighton a reality check:

Raya

Rice, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori

Lewis-Skelly, Guimaraes, Odegaard

Saka, Havertz, Tzolis

The big talking point will be at right-back. Ben White remains a doubt, Jurrien Timber is being carefully managed following his return from injury, and Cristhian Mosquera is edging closer to a first-team return.

Consequently, Declan Rice could fill in at right-back, before shifting back into midfield once Timber comes on as a second-half substitute.

That said, when it comes down to it, this is exactly the type of match where attacking quality, composure and sharp decision-making will make the difference.

The real reason Gyökeres is sitting on the bench?

 By 1970s Gooner 

Victor Gyokeres has sat on the bench for Arsenal's first two games of the season. Arteta did not even bring him on at the later stages of those two matches. Isn’t that strange?

For the game against Coventry the game was done and dusted by midway of the second half and Arteta surely should have given Gyokeres minutes that he surely needs to get up to speed. 

Similarly at the Villa game Havertz was dead on his knees in the latter stages and again Gyokeres was by passed when the open spaces Villa were leaving behind would have suited him perfectly. 

And he is obviously not carrying an injury otherwise he wouldnt be on the bench. So what is going on?

A plausible explanation is that Arteta may be saving him in order to either sell him on or use him as a makeshift in a part exchange transfer for a new forward coming in (Alvarez ?)

If this is so then expect Gyokeres to come back into the reckoning once the window closes and of course if he hasn't been moved on beforehand.