Brighton confirm triple injury blow ahead of Arsenal’s Europa Conference League decider

Brighton & Hove Albion head coach Graham Potter has confirmed that he shall be with out Joel Veltman, Davy Propper and Danny Welbeck for Sunday’s Premier League conflict towards Arsenal on the Emirates Stadium.

The Seagulls, who had been overwhelmed 1-0 by Arsenal again in December, will make the journey to north London seeking to deny the Gunners an opportunity of making it into the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Arsenal should beat Potter’s facet and hope that each Tottenham Hotspur and Everton fail to win to safe themselves seventh spot and a route into Europe for subsequent season.

Brighton will make the journey to the Emirates Stadium brimming with confidence after Tuesday night’s gorgeous comeback victory towards Manchester City on the AMEX Stadium. The Seagulls battled again from 2-0 all the way down to report a 3-2 win, with centre-back Dan Burn netting the all-important winner.

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But whereas Brighton can have each proper to be feeling assured when locking horns with Mikel Arteta’s males, they are going to be with out some key personnel, definitely on the high finish of the pitch. That is as a result of former Gunners striker Welbeck will miss out via injury, becoming a member of the suspended Neal Maupay in being unavailable for choice.

Welbeck was pressured off after simply 29 minutes towards City on Tuesday night with a hamstring injury and can miss out towards his previous membership.

As effectively as Welbeck becoming a member of Maupay on the listing of absentees, Dutch duo Veltman and Propper may also play no half towards the Gunners.

Potter stated: “Danny Welbeck, Davy Propper and Joel Veltman will miss out towards Arsenal. We’ve obtained Lewis Dunk again from suspension although.”

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Welbeck is a contemporary injury blow for Potter to cope with, whereas Propper and Veltman have missed the final two and three video games, respectively, that means their absences will not be contemporary.

On a optimistic observe, nonetheless, the return of Dunk from suspension shall be key to Brighton’s probabilities of seeking to prolong their unbeaten run to a few matches.

Dunk has missed the final two video games via suspension after being sent-off within the 2-1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers nearly a fortnight in the past.

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