Report: Welbeck, Elneny set to return for West Brom visit

Arsenal is set for a boost for Saturday's trip to the Hawthorns, with both Danny Welbeck and Mohamed Elneny reportedly set to return to first-team duties.

Welbeck, who missed the Lincoln City FA Cup clash, and Elneny, who hasn't played since injuring his ankle against Sutton United, are both likely available for the match at West Brom, according to a report from the Evening Standard's Giuseppe Muro.

Mired in injury concerns since joining Arsenal from rival Manchester United in September 2014, a fit run-in for Welbeck would be massive for the 26-year-old England international's confidence. The complications of a knee injury sidetracked Welbeck's return to first-team duties this season. His first appearance came against Preston North End on Jan. 1.

Elneny will be equally buoyed by a return. The Egyptian international failed to play the full 90 minutes in any of his last seven appearances in all competitions before he was felled in the FA Cup fifth-round tilt with non-league Sutton.

Five points adrift of the top four with one match to play before the international break, Arsenal is desperate for a win against the Baggies to maintain its hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League. If the Gunners fail to book a spot in Europe's top-tier tournament for the first time since the 1997-98 campaign, players will miss out on millions tied to performance-related contractual bonuses.

Arsenal has two games in hand on fourth-place Liverpool, and one in hand on both Tottenham and Manchester City, who are joint-second in the table, six points clear of the stumbling Gunners.