Mesut Ozil has traveled with Arsenal squad for the Boxing Day game against Brighton

Arsenal will playing playing an away game against Brighton on Boxing Day, December 26th at 5.15pm GMT. Gunners with 37 points are  5th in the league, while Brighton with 21 points is 13th. Arsenal head coach Unai Emery is likely to make a couple of changes to the side that produced a 3-1 victory over Burnley last weekend, as Emery is dealing with injury crisis. Rob Holding (knee), Konstantinos Mavropanos (groin) and Hector Bellerin (calf) are definitely out, while Nacho Monreal (hamstring) will be assessed and Shkodran Mustafi (hamstring) is set to return to training this week. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (fractured metatarsal) is out for six weeks and striker Danny Welbeck (ankle) is a long-term absentee. Mesut Ozil started for the first time in the league since November and delivered an excellent performance in midfield. And it has been reported that Ozil has travelled with the Arsenal squad to face Brighton, confirmed via his traditional match day post, and will likely retain his place in the starting eleven.

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