Arsenal XI vs Leeds: confirm lineup, team news, injury latest updates for Premier League Match today Trossard start ahead of Gebriel Jesus

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has good news and bad as the Premier League season resumes for the run-in, with the Gunners welcoming Leeds to the Emirates Stadium.

Saliba is out of today’s game due to a back injury picked up in the Europa League earlier this month, and the manager has backed Rob Holding to step up and fill in for the star centre-back.

Holding, who has started just one top-flight game this season, against Crystal Palace before the international break, is expected to continue in the Frenchman’s absence this weekend.

“Rob has huge experience already at the club, in the Premier League, and I think he proved that in the right way in the last game against Palace,” said Arteta on Friday.

Thomas Partey is expected to be fit for Arsenal after missing Ghana’s draw with Angola on Monday. Striker Gabriel Jesus is also pushing to start after working at the training ground during the international break.

“He is very close to that (100 per cent). In the last 10 days he has really made a big step forward,” Arteta said of Jesus.

“You can see that he is looser, he is not thinking about it. You can see that he is already creating in training that chaos that he is capable of creating in unique moments. He is in a really good place now.”

Eddie Nketiah is still out for Arsenal however, along with longer-term absentees Takehiro Tomiyasu and Mohamed Elneny.

Arsenal  XI (4-3-3): Ramsdale; White, Holding, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Partey, Xhaka; Saka, Trossard , Martinelli.