Declan Rice and Riccardo Calafiori are both set to be available for Arsenal’s trip to Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.
England international Rice was withdrawn just after the hour mark of Saturday’s goalless Premier League draw with Everton at the Emirates Stadium.
Mikel Arteta later revealed that 25-year-old midfielder had been dealing with “a little niggle” and had asked to come off.
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Calafiori, meanwhile, hasn’t featured since the win over West Ham United at the end of last month.
“They (Rice and Calafiori) are both available to be in the squad,” Arteta said. “No Tomiyasu. Zinchenko probably available as well.”
Rice has once again been a key player for Arsenal this season and has featured in all but two of the club’s 16 Premier League games. He has also started five of the club’s six Champions League matches.
A broken toe sidelined him against Inter Milan in November but he returned to start against Chelsea four days later.
Italy international Calafiori’s first season at the club has been restricted to 13 appearances in all competitions following his summer move from Bologna.
Elsewhere, Oleksandr Zinchenko is also set to be available again after a knock but long-term absentees Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu remain sidelined.
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