Arsenal set to be without four players for North London Derby

Arsenal’s tough start to 2021/22 Premier League season

The 2021/22 Premier League fixtures have been announced on Wednesday, June 16^th.

Arsenal are set to kick off their campaign on Saturday, August 14^th with a clash against Premier League new boys, Brentford.

After facing off with the Bees, however, the Gunners are then handed a fairly tough run of games.

Arsenal must host Chelsea after Brentford, with that meeting then followed by an away clash with Manchester City.

Slightly easier ties vs Norwich and Burnley then begin September, but the north Londoners must then take on Tottenham on September 25^th:

#AFC‘s start to the season –

14/8 – Brentford (A)
21/8 – Chelsea (H)
28/8 – Manchester City (A)
11/9 – Norwich (H)
18/9 – Burnley (A)
25/9 – Tottenham Hotspur (H)

Gonna be a tough one… See the full fixture list here:https://t.co/MUetzLCzuN

— Kaya Kaynak (@kayakaynak97) June 16, 2021

Arsenal to be without key players for North London Derby

The releasing of the fixtures also revealed who Arsenal would have to face without a number of their players due to the African Cup of Nations taking place during the forthcoming season.

Arsenal have a number of players from Africa, including Thomas Partey, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Nicolas Pepe and Mohamed Elneny.

And, that quartet are now set to miss the second North London Derby of the season, which takes place on January 15^th.

They are also expected to miss out on a home meeting with Burnley:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Thomas Partey, Nicolas Pepe and Mohamed Elneny are all set to be missing for #AFC in the North London Derby on January 15th as they could be away on international duty at AFCON.

The competition also coincides with a game against Burnley at home. pic.twitter.com/sJeAQst7jv

— Kaya Kaynak (@kayakaynak97) June 16, 2021

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	38	51	86
2	Manchester United FC	38	29	74
3	Liverpool FC	38	26	69
4	Chelsea FC	38	22	67
5	Leicester City FC	38	18	66
6	West Ham United FC	38	15	65
7	Tottenham Hotspur FC	38	23	62
8	Arsenal FC	38	16	61
9	Leeds United	38	8	59
10	Everton FC	38	-1	59
11	Aston Villa FC	38	9	55
12	Newcastle United FC	38	-16	45
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	38	-16	45
14	Crystal Palace FC	38	-25	44
15	Southampton FC	38	-21	43
16	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	38	-6	41
17	Burnley FC	38	-22	39
18	Fulham FC	38	-26	28
19	West Bromwich Albion	38	-41	26
20	Sheffield United FC	38	-43	23

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