Arsenal had 15 players and two loanees involved in the October internationals, let’s take a look at how they all got on.
Arsenal had 15 players from Mikel Arteta’s squad and two Gunners loanees involved with their countries over the October break.
David Raya, Mikel Merino, and Martin Zubimendi were all with Spain, whilst Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, and Myles Lewis-Skelly were with England. Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhaes were both in the Brazil squad, and William Saliba was back involved with France.
Jurrien Timber was with the Netherlands, Riccardo Calafiori with Italy, Leandro Trossard with Belgium, Viktor Gyokeres with Sweden, and Christian Norgaard with Denmark. The loanees on international duty were Jakub Kiwior (Poland) and Karl Hein (Estonia).
Gabriel Jesus (Brazil), Kai Havertz (Germany), Noni Madueke (England), Martin Odegaard (Norway), and Piero Hincapie (Colombia) were all missing out through injury, as was loanee Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine).
Ben White also wasn’t called up, with Thomas Tuchel officially suggesting they were just sticking with the same squad from the September break. Though it’s notable that when Reece James pulled out through injury, Nico O’Reilly was his replacement, not White.
Maldini Kacurri also didn’t receive a call-up from Albania, suggesting his start in a September friendly against Gibraltar was more of a token gesture for the future than a sign he’s immediately about to become a regular.
With that, let’s take a look at how each Arsenal international got on.
Arsenal October international results
Thursday, October 9th
- England 3-0 Wales – Friendly – Saka played 70 minutes for England and scored, winning the Player of the Match award. Rice played 69 minutes, Lewis-Skelly played 10 minutes as a substitute, and Eze was rested.
- Malta 0-4 Netherlands – World Cup qualifier – Timber played 90 minutes for the Netherlands as a centre-back, helping them to keep a clean sheet.
- Belarus 0-6 Denmark – World Cup qualifier – Norgaard played 26 minutes for Denmark as a substitute.
- Poland 1-0 New Zealand – Friendly – Kiwior played 45 minutes for Poland as a substitute.
Friday, October 10th
- South Korea 0-5 Brazil – Friendly – Gabriel played 90 minutes for Brazil and helped them to keep a clean sheet.
- France 3-0 Azerbaijan – World Cup qualifier – Saliba played 90 minutes for France and helped them to keep a clean sheet.
- Belgium 0-0 North Macedonia – World Cup qualifier – Trossard played 74 minutes for Belgium.
- Sweden 0-2 Switzerland – World Cup qualifier – Gyokeres played 90 minutes for Sweden.
Saturday, October 11th
- Spain 2-0 Georgia – World Cup qualifier – Zubimendi played 81 minutes for Spain and Merino played the full 90, whilst Raya was an unused substitute.
- Estonia 1-3 Italy – World Cup qualifier – Hein played 90 minutes and saved a penalty for Estonia, whilst Calafiori played 90 minutes as a centre-back for Italy.
Sunday, October 12th
- Netherlands 4-0 Finland – World Cup qualifier – Timber played 62 minutes for the Netherlands and helped them to a clean sheet, again operating as a centre-back.
- Denmark 3-1 Greece – World Cup qualifier – Norgaard played 90 minutes for Denmark.
- Lithuania 0-2 Poland – World Cup qualifier – Kiwior played 90 minutes for Poland and helped them to keep a clean sheet.
Monday, October 13th
- Iceland 2-2 France – World Cup qualifier – Saliba played 90 minutes for France.
- Wales 2-4 Belgium – World Cup qualifier – Trossard played 90 minutes for Belgium, winning a penalty and scoring a goal.
- Sweden 0-1 Kosovo – World Cup qualifier – Gyokeres played 90 minutes for Sweden.
Tuesday, October 14th
- Japan 3-2 Brazil – Friendly – Martinelli played 57 minutes and scored for Brazil, whilst Gabriel was an unused substitute.
- Estonia 1-1 Moldova – World Cup qualifier – Hein played 90 minutes for Estonia.
- Spain 4-0 Bulgaria – World Cup qualifier – Merino played 90 minutes, scored two goals for Spain and won a penalty, Zubimendi played 63 minutes, and Raya was an unused substitute.
- Latvia 0-5 England – World Cup qualifier – Lewis-Skelly played 90 minutes for England and helped them to keep a clean sheet, Rice played 60 minutes, Saka played 60 minutes and provided an assist, and Eze played 30 minutes as a substitute and scored.
- Italy 3-0 Israel – World Cup qualifier – Calafiori played 90 minutes for Italy and helped them to keep a clean sheet.