White was substituted during the club's Carabao Cup win over Leeds United in the midweek due to illness:
"He hasn’t trained yet so we will have to see how he’s feeling and see how he is," Arteta said about the defender. Speaking about Martin Odegaard's fitness, the manager said: "Well he came back a little bit late don’t forget that. He had an injury in pre-season, he picked up an injury recently as well." On Tierney, Arteta added: "He’s progressing training. Let’s see how he is today. He felt a bit better last few days but he wasn’t 100% to start the other day. We’ll see how he is in the last 48 hours."