Arsenal can be with out Tobin Heath for Sunday night's trip to Brighton inside the WSL after the American winger had an injection on her knee.
Heath's absence is expected to be short-term, and she is the handiest first-group participant that the Gunners could be without for the weekend's clash.
"Tobin Heath will be out, she just had an injection to the knee that just calls for her to be off for multiple days," said supervisor Jonas Eidevall. "So she might be lower back shortly but isn't available for this game right here. All different gamers should be available."
Heath has featured 8 instances within the WSL for Arsenal due to the fact that becoming a member of the membership ultimate summer, however has in large part been limited to replacement appearances, with her season disrupted by spells out of action.
The -time World Cup winner was absent for the lower back end of 2021 through harm, and made her hotly anticipated go back to the facet in the 1/3 week of January. Heath then netted a closing gasp equaliser from the bench against Manchester City all through her 2d healthy again.
Arsenal currently pinnacle the WSL, but their lead might be reduce to 2 factors by the point they kick off against Brighton on Sunday, with second vicinity Chelsea in action in opposition to Aston Villa earlier within the day. Although the Blues trail Eidevall's facet, they do have two video games in hand.
"I like our role," the boss said. "I think we've got appropriate momentum, we've got quite a few interesting games in advance of ourselves, we're nevertheless inside the position to compete in 3 exclusive competitions."
