Mikel Arteta has delivered an injury update on Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhaes ahead of facing Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League. Kai returned to training before our Carabao Cup victory over Crystal Palace after suffering a knee injury against Manchester United on the opening day of the Premier League season.

Sports Mole rounds up all of Arsenal’s latest injury and suspension news ahead of Tuesday's Premier League clash against Aston Villa.

Declan Rice is expected to miss Arsenal’s match against Aston Villa on Tuesday evening after sustaining a knee injury in Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion. Rice, who started the game at right-back, picked up a knee issue during the match but was able to play on and remained hopeful of being fit to face Villa.

Carragher claimed that both Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz were better striker options than summer signing Gyokeres after the Gunners’ big win over Aston Villa

CHRISTMAS is a time for giving and footballers often spend it doing hospital visits on club duty. However, Arsenal striker Kai Havertz, 26, took time out of his own schedule to visit Noah’s Ark

Havertz has been out since suffering a knee injury against Manchester United on the opening weekend of the season. But the German is back in training and could return as Arsenal look to strengthen their position at the top of the Premier League after Christmas.

Arsenal will want to strengthen in January after coming through a mini-injury crisis, the last thing Mikel Arteta needs is to lose players who could be valuable.

Arsenal face Aston Villa at the Emirates on Tuesday with uncertainty in defence. Jurriën Timber, Riccardo Calafiori, Ben White and Cristhian Mosquera were unavailable for the win over Brighton on Saturday,