3 goals, 2 injuries: How Arsenal’s internationals are getting on this November break

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·17 November 2025

3 goals, 2 injuries: How Arsenal’s internationals are getting on this November break

Arsenal have 15 players on international duty over the November break, let’s take a look at how they’re getting on so far.

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13 Arsenal players and two loanees were called up by their countries’ senior national teams for the November break.

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Starting with those missing out, Viktor Gyokeres (Sweden), Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus (Brazil), Kai Havertz (Germany), Martin Odegaard (Norway), and loanee Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine) all remain out of action due to their respective injury problems.

Myles Lewis-Skelly was also dropped from the England squad by Thomas Tuchel, with Nico O’Reilly preferred due to his more regular involvement with Manchester City.

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Then Odegaard has attended Norway’s games despite being unable to feature in them, overseeing their World Cup qualification success.

With all that in mind, the following Arsenal players and loanees were called up for international duty:

Arsenal November international fixtures and results

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Times in GMT

Thursday, November 13th

Norway 4-1 Estonia – World Cup qualifier – Hein played 90 minutes for Estonia.
France 4-0 Ukraine – World Cup qualifier – Saliba played 90 minutes for France and helped them to keep a clean sheet as they qualified for the World Cup.
England 2-0 Serbia – World Cup qualifier – Saka and Eze both scored, with Saka completing 90 minutes and Eze coming on for the final 26. Rice also played 65 minutes of the match.
Moldova 0-2 Italy – World Cup qualifier – Calafiori was held back over a hip injury complaint.

Friday, November 14th

Canada 0-0 Ecuador – Friendly – Hincapie played 90 minutes as Ecuador kept a clean sheet.
Poland 1-1 Netherlands – World Cup qualifier – Kiwior and Timber each played 90 minutes for Poland and the Netherlands respectively.

Saturday, November 15th

Kazakhstan 1-1 Belgium – World Cup qualifier – Trossard played 71 minutes for Belgium.
Brazil 2-0 Senegal – Friendly – Gabriel played 64 minutes for Brazil before being substituted with an injury. He won’t travel or play any part in Brazil’s second fixture of the break.
Georgia 0-4 Spain – World Cup qualifier – Zubimendi played 90 minutes and scored for Spain, with Merino playing 62 minutes. Raya was named on the bench.
Denmark 2-2 Belarus – World Cup qualifier – Norgaard played 70 minutes for Denmark.

Sunday, November 16th

Azerbaijan 1-3 France – World Cup qualifier – Saliba was rested by France, with qualification already assured.
Albania 0-2 England – World Cup qualifier – Eze and Rice started and played 62 minutes for England, whilst Saka came on for the final 28.
Italy 1-4 Norway – World Cup qualifier – Calafiori was again not involved due to his minor injury concern, meaning he returned to Arsenal without playing any minutes.