November 25th 2023.
Tonight, two London rivals will face off as Arsenal compete against Brentford in the Premier League. The game, which is set to kick-off at 5.30pm, will be broadcast live on TNT Sports.
Usually, Saturday evening kick-offs are shown on Sky Sports, but this was changed due to a request made by Greater Manchester Police. The GMP had concerns over possible crowd trouble at the Etihad between Manchester City and Liverpool, and believed that an earlier kick-off time would help reduce the likelihood of disruption.
The match between the two clubs at the Etihad last season was marred by crowd trouble, including objects being thrown from the away end and a 15 year-old girl suffering a head injury. Both Manchester City and Liverpool condemned the behaviour of their supporters.
The later start time for the Arsenal vs Brentford match will give the Gunners an extra few hours to recover from their international break exploits. Gabriel Jesus, who missed five Arsenal games before the international window with a hamstring injury, has made his comeback for Brazil against Argentina and could make his club return against the Bees.
Martin Odegaard is also close to returning, having seemingly recovered from his spell of concussion. However, Arsenal will be without Thomas Partey and Emile Smith-Rowe, owing to their respective hamstring and knee complaints, and Fabio Vieira due to a red card picked up against Burnley. David Raya is unavailable to play against his parent club. Brentford, meanwhile, will have to do without Nathan Collins , Mikkel Damsgaard , Aaron Hickey and Rico Lewis.
Arsenal have the opportunity to go top of the Premier League table with a win, and will be hoping to use this late kick-off to their advantage. Tune in to TNT Sports tonight to see if they can pull it off.
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