Why Danny Welbeck could end home goal drought against former club Arsenal

A handful of esteemed players will be squaring up to erstwhile teammates when Brighton & Hove Albion square off with Arsenal at the Amex Stadium in Saturday's Premier League clash, most notably two key troops on the visitors' end.

By coming to an accord with their notoriously tough negotiators from the south, Mikel Arteta's side added Ben White and Leandro Trossard to his ranks and has overseen the development of both men into key figures in the Gunners XI.

In fact, White — whose transition from centre-back to right-back has gone about as smoothly as it could — is in line to make his 100th top-flight appearance for Arsenal at his old stomping ground, unless Arteta decides to rest him with Bayern Munich on the horizon.

Trossard — whose departure from the Seagulls was more acrimonious — seemingly has a better shot of lining up from the off against his former employers, with Bukayo Saka an injury doubt and Gabriel Martinelli's foot issue being carefully managed.

On the other end, however, Danny Welbeck — a man who shared an Emirates dressing room with Gunners boss Arteta for several years — is bidding to thwart the visitors' bid to regain top spot in the Premier League table, and history is on the 33-year-old's side.

With rumoured Arsenal target Evan Ferguson nursing an ankle injury, Welbeck — who was only brought off the bench towards the end of Brighton's frustrating midweek draw at Brentford — should be reinstated to the first XI in Saturday evening's battle.

Starts against Arsenal usually spell success for the former England international, who has netted in four of his last five games against the Gunners when making the first XI, both for Brighton and Manchester United.

Befor