10 players set to miss Arsenal vs Crystal Palace as Mikel Arteta faces tense PSG injury wait

Arsenal and Crystal Palace will have a number of key players absent for their Premier League clash on Wednesday evening at Emirates Stadium.

Mikel Arteta has seen injuries plague his squad for much of the campaign with the long-awaited return of Bukayo Saka arriving in the same clash that ended up being Gabriel Magalhaes' final of the season. The Brazil international joined Kai Havertz and Saka as an Arsenal player to need hamstring surgery.

Takehiro Tomiyasu and Gabriel Jesus have also undergone operations this year with both expected back in the Autumn.

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Thankfully for Arteta, with many of his attackers getting injured, Saka has remained fit since returning to action as his minutes have been carefully managed. This past weekend's 4-0 win against Ipswich Town was his first Premier League start in nearly four months having been saved for the Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid.

A 5-1 aggregate victory over the holders saw Arsenal advance to the semi-finals where they will face Paris Saint-Germain. Two league games arrive before that however and though Arteta wanted to get more minutes into Saka, it very nearly ended badly.

The Gunners' talisman was able to continue but he was taken off early into the second half with Arteta issuing a fresh update on his condition earlier this week.

"Yeah, we have to wait and see now how he reacts after the session, but he's nothing too serious," "I think he would have a good chance to play tomorrow [Wednesday]."

While Saka has been cleared fit to play, . "I hope so, but I'm not certain," he said when asked if he could play again this season.

"We have to see how he works in the next few days, I would say, a few weeks. So the doctor was quite cautious still about talking about any dates. So let's see. Good news is that he's improving. He's feeling much better. It was a quite scary situation, and he's in a good place now."

As for Calafiori, Arsenal are managing that situation carefully with the Italian defender suffering a number of issues this season. with Arteta hopeful, but not confirming, he will be back against PSG.

Ben Chilwell also looked set to feature from the off, but Eagles boss Oliver Glasner has hinted that will not happen.

"No injury concerns, but sickness – Ben Chilwell is sick, unfortunately," Glasner revealed in a press conference. "He should have started but couldn’t come to training – all others are fit." In terms of confirmed absentees, Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure are both injured.

Having been sent off against Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon, Chris Richards is suspended which will likely mean Jefferson Lerma drops into the back three.