Arsenal host Newcastle in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final tie on Tuesday night and Mikel Arteta must contend with various injury issues.
The Spaniard admitted that only eight first-team players reported for training on Monday morning after a spate of injuries and a virus hit the squad.
Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard are both doubts with that illness while Arsenal 17-year-old sensation Ethan Nwaneri, who scored against Brighton on Saturday, is out injured for the rest of the month.
There will be no sign of Bukayo Saka, Ben White, Raheem Sterling, or Takehiro Tomiyasu as their injury problems persist.