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Arsenal handed double injury boost with starlets Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli both set to be FIT for crunch Europa League second leg clash against Slavia Prague

Arsenal have received a double injury boost ahead of Thursday’s Europa League second leg against Slavia Prague with Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli set to be fit.

Saka limped off during Arsenal’s 3-0 victory against Sheffield United on Sunday but club medics who assessed him are confident he only suffered a dead leg.

Martinelli, who scored Arsenal’s second goal at Bramall Lane, came off with a possible ankle injury.

Mikel Arteta has been given a double injury boost ahead of Arsenal's clash with Slavia Prague
Bukayo Saka is set to return with club medics confident he only suffered a dead leg on Sunday

But the 19-year-old Brazilian on Monday confirmed he is fit to travel to Prague.