Ethan Mbappé

And, uh, you're right, Ueda is ruled out.

Um, Mbappé suspended here.

Ethan Mbappé, that is, for Lille.

Um, so he's, uh, missing.

I'm really interested in Victor Osimhen, should he start? And we'll know that in about half an hour, 'cause I think he's an automatic bet.

But, uh, uh, I mean, there's not a huge amount to read into this game 'cause Arsenal are just much better than Lille.

Um, Lille were missing few, couple of key players, Ethan Mbappe, uh, Thiago Santos.

I suppose what, what's interesting is that the three-nil goal was, uh, created by Odegaard and Havertz and scored by Bukayo Saka, none of whom started the game.

Victor Gyokeres got a start and, uh, he got 15 minutes against Leeds on Saturday, and in that 15 minutes he just sort of gave a masterclass in how he doesn't seem to be quite good enough for Arsenal.

In terms of injuries, William Saliba, Piero Hincapié, Martin Zubimendi, and Christos Tzolis are all ruled out for the hosts, whilst Hamza Igamane and Tiago Santos are missing for the visitors.

Ethan Mbappé is also out injured, but he would have missed the match in any event because of the red card he received in Lille's three-two home defeat against Real Betis.

Although there's plenty of time left in the league stage in which to move up the table, getting points on the board early is still advantageous.

Depending on results elsewhere, either side, were they to end the match with all three points, could find themselves in the upper echelons of the table at close of play, and that would give Arteta or Ancelotti a platform from which to build upon moving forward.

Yeah.

I just think that, you know, we also have an advantage in that, you know, Ethan Mbappe-

Mm-hmm

... you know, Kylian's younger brother-