Guimaraes and Timber start for Arsenal at Brighton
Bruno Guimaraes and Jurrien Timber make their first Premier League starts of the season as Arsenal face Brighton, with Ben White absent through injury.
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Bruno Guimaraes and Jurrien Timber both make their first Premier League starts of the season as Arsenal travel to Brighton on Saturday.
The pair are the only two changes from the side that beat Sunderland 2-0 last weekend. Ben White misses out with injury, while Myles Lewis-Skelly drops to the bench to accommodate Guimaraes.
Timber's last league start came in the victory over Everton in March. Guimaraes earns his spot after scoring at the Stadium of Light in that Sunderland win.
Declan Rice, rested in the Carabao Cup in midweek, returns to the starting XI alongside Martin Odegaard. Bukayo Saka and Christos Tzolis flank Kai Havertz for the fifth consecutive league game this season.
Max Dowman, who scored twice against Ipswich Town on Tuesday, is named among the substitutes. Piero Hincapie is also fit enough to take a place on the bench.
Arsenal: Raya; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Guimaraes, Rice, Odegaard; Saka, Tzolis, Havertz.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Hincapie, Merino, Zubimendi, Lewis-Skelly, Eze, Madueke, Dowman, Gyokeres.
