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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T18:22:45.000Z",
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  "textContent": "William Saliba has missed Arsenal’s trip to Brighton on Wednesday night (CameraSport via Getty)\n\nWilliam Saliba has missed Arsenal’s Premier League match against Brighton due to injury.\n\nThe 24-year-old scored Arsenal’s opener in their 2-1 win at home to Chelsea last Sunday.\n\nBut Mikel Arteta is without the French centre-back for his side’s trip to Brighton on Wednesday night.\n\nArsenal have confirmed that Saliba misses out after ‘picking up an issue’ in the victory over Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium last weekend.\n\nCristhian Mosquera replaces Saliba in central defence, while Arteta makes one other change to his side as Gabriel Martinellistarts ahead of Leandro Trossard.\n\n##  Brighton vs Arsenal team news\n\n**Brighton:** Verbruggen, Wieffer, Van Hecke, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Gross, Gomez, Rutter, Mitoma\n\n**Subs:** Steele, Minteh, Welbeck, Milner, Ayari, De Cuyper O’Riley, Veltmanm Howell\n\n**Arsenal** : Raya Timber, Mosquera, Gabriel, Hincapie, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Saka, Martinelli, Gyokeres.\n\n**Subs** : Arrizabalaga, Jesus, Norgaard, Trossard, Madueke, Havertz, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman\n\nMax Dowman is also back among the substitutes, having not featured for the first team since playing against Slavia Prague in the Champions League 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\nMartin Odegaard, Mikel Merino and Ben Whiteall miss out due to injury.\n\n**For more stories like this,check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook, **Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "William Saliba out of Brighton vs Arsenal due to injury"
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