Arsenal defender William Saliba will again miss his side's Premier League clash tonight.
The Frenchman is not yet fit enough to take part for Mikel Arteta's team on Friday.
The Gunners take on Southampton in a game they must win to maintain their Premier League lead over Manchester City.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Arteta said: The picture hasn't changed from last week. Regarding William, we still have to wait a little bit more.
He's not progressing as quickly as we hoped and it is a bit delicate so we want to be certain that when we push him, he's ready to absorb the load and the risk that we'll take, and that's not possible at the moment."
He then added: I don't know [rest of season], it's a bit early to know. Probably next week we'll have more certainty.
There is some evolution, he's doing more activity but is not there yet to start to throw him into the pitch at the level the sessions demand to compete in this league."