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  "tags": [
    "Football",
    "Sport",
    "Arsenal",
    "Brighton & Hove Albion",
    "Declan Rice",
    "Premier League",
    "Rice was forced off in the second-half of Sunday’s victory over Chelsea",
    "declaring his midfielder to be ‘much better’.",
    "Tottenham",
    "Kai Havertz",
    "Max Dowman",
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    "Ben White",
    "Mikel Merino who could miss the rest of the season.",
    "FA Cup",
    "Martin Zubimendi",
    "Eberechi Eze",
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  "textContent": "Rice was forced off late on against Chelsea (Picture: Getty Images)\n\nArsenal hope to have Declan Rice available for tonight’s Premier League clash against Brighton.\n\nRice was forced off in the second-half of Sunday’s victory over Chelsea, spotted grimacing as he tried to extend his leg with Christian Norgaard onto replace him for the remainder of the game.\n\nArteta revealed post-match the England international had asked to come off but was more upbeat on Tuesday, declaring his midfielder to be ‘much better’.\n\nDavid Raya also appeared to be dealing with a knock late on against the Blues but has been passed fit to face the Seagulls.\n\nMartin Odegaard was a surprise omission from the squad at the weekend, still dealing with a knee problem he picked up two weeks ago against Brentford.\n\nThe skipper did make a brief return in the north London derby victory over Tottenham and is among the small group of players to come back into the side tonight.\n\nKai Havertz came off the bench against his former side on Sunday having recovered from a recent muscle problem. Max Dowman is also available after recovering from an ankle injury suffered in November.\n\n##  Your football fix\n\n**Metro** 's Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week's biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.\n\nSign up here, it's an open goal.\n\nOdegaard could miss out tonight (Picture: Getty)\n\nBen White remains absent along with Mikel Merino who could miss the rest of the season.\n\nJust three days on from the battle with Chelsea, Arteta want to rest some of his players but Sunday’s FA Cup clash at Mansfield perhaps represents a better opportunity to ring in the changes.\n\n## Arsenal XI to face Brighton – Metro prediction\n\nRice’s fitness will be assessed ahead of kick-off but with only Martin Zubimendi, and Jurien Timber playing more often than the England international this season, Arteta will surely exercise some caution.\n\nKai Havertz will be eager to start but Sunday’s trip to Mansfield could be a more likely possibility with Eberechi Eze back in the first-team.\n\n## Brighton vs Arsenal TV channel, live stream and kick-off time\n\nBrighton vs Arsenal kicks off at 7:30pm tonight.\n\nYou can watch the match live on TNT Sports 2 with streaming also available through the Discovery+ app\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "Brighton vs Arsenal: Predicted lineup today and confirmed team news"
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