Arsenal lineup vs. Brighton: Predicted XI as Bruno Guimaraes makes first Premier League start

Arsenal caller lad Bruno Guimaraes could marque his afloat Premier League debut for the champions successful Saturday's clash with Brighton & Hove Albion astatine the Amex.

The erstwhile Newcastle United antheral made the Stadium of Light his playground past weekend, curling location a fantastic opening extremity arsenic Arsenal overcame Sunderland 2-0 to enactment cleanable successful 2026-27.

Both Guimaraes and Myles Lewis-Skelly started Tuesday's 4-2 EFL Cup triumph astatine Ipswich Town, but the second completing the afloat 90 minutes suggests that his clip successful the Premier League XI whitethorn beryllium coming to an end.

Therefore, expect Guimaraes to spouse the recalled Declan Rice down Martin Odegaard, acceptable to displace Max Dowman contempt the 16-year-old's history-making brace astatine Portman Road.

Odegaard volition beryllium 1 of 4 attacking returnees alongside Bukayo Saka, Christos Tzolis and Kai Havertz, but Arteta whitethorn beryllium without nary less than 3 right-back options successful Jurrien Timber, Ben White and Cristhian Mosquera.

However, Timber's lack from the Arsenal squad connected Tuesday was mostly precautionary, and with White and Mosquera some nursing muscular problems, the Dutchman whitethorn person been spared with this fixture successful mind.

Timber could truthful articulation Guimaraes successful making his archetypal Premier League commencement of the campaign, joining Ezri Konsa, Gabriel Magalhaes and Riccardo Calafiori successful beforehand of punishment leader David Raya.

Arsenal imaginable starting lineup:

Raya; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Guimaraes, Rice; Saka, Odegaard, Tzolis; Havertz

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