Slavia Prague vs Arsenal: Preview, expected line-ups, stats and where to watch

Slavia Prague vs Arsenal Champions League preview

Slavia vs Arsenal kicks off at 20:00 GMT (16:00 ET / 13:00 PT) on Wednesday, November 4 at the Fortuna Arena in Leipzig.

The Champions League match is live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports 10 in the UK, with streaming on HBO Max. In the US, it’s on Paramount Plus.

If you live outside the UK or the US, visit UEFA’s Champions League broadcaster list to find out where to watch it in your region.

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Slavia Prague vs Arsenal Champions League preview

Arsenal’s week has been a strange mix of the sublime and the ridiculous. A shock EFL Cup exit at League Two Fleetwood was followed by a 1-0 win at Liverpool on Sunday, and Mikel Arteta’s side now head to Prague on Wednesday night looking to keep their Champions League campaign on track against a Slavia side still chasing a first win in Europe.

The Gunners are seventh in the league-phase standings with seven points, after a 1-0 win at Napoli, a 3-0 home win over Lille and a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich. They have been very difficult to break down, conceding just twice in three games, and they have conceded only nine goals in their last 18 Champions League matches, keeping 11 clean sheets in that run.

Arsenal will also be motivated by the memory of last season’s final, when they lost to defending champions PSG on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

Slavia have struggled badly in Europe. The Czech champions are 32nd in the table with just one point from their first three games, and they have conceded seven goals. They are now without a win in their last 18 games in UEFA competition, and they have conceded at least twice in eight of their last nine Champions League home games.

Domestically, though, they are flying. Slavia are top of the Czech First League, seven points clear of Mladá Boleslav, and they have kept back-to-back clean sheets in the league. They will also be without towering 6ft 7in striker Tomáš Chorý, who has been frozen out of the squad by his manager.

Arsenal are unbeaten in four previous meetings between the clubs. They thrashed Slavia 7-0 in the 2007-08 Champions League before a 0-0 draw in Prague, and they won 4-0 there in the 2020-21 Europa League quarter-finals after a 1-1 draw at the Emirates.

Team News for Slavia Prague v Arsenal

Arsenal are still without Bukayo Saka and William Saliba. Eberechi Eze is a doubt after Arteta revealed he had a problem before the Liverpool game.

Max Dowman’s suspension does not affect this game, as his red card came in the EFL Cup, and Arteta is expected to rotate with Hull City visiting on Saturday.

Slavia are missing four first-team regulars through injury or suspension, as well as Chorý. Defender David Zima is expected to start, and Nigerian youngster David Moses will be one of their key attacking threats.

Expected line-ups for Slavia Prague vs Arsenal

Slavia Prague: Domchak; Holeš, Zima, Chaloupek; Vlček, Sadílek, Moses, Kubiak; Ayaosi, Suleiman; Nowak

Arsenal: Raya; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Guimarães, Ødegaard; Madueke, Havertz, Tzolis

Slavia Prague vs Arsenal Champions League stats, form

• These sides have met five times, with five Arsenal wins and two draws: 7-0 at home and 0-0 away in the 2007/08 Champions League group stage, 1-1 at home and 4-0 away in the 2020/21 Europa League quarter-finals, and 3-0 away in last season’s league phase
• Slavia have not scored in any of their three home matches against Arsenal, who are unbeaten in all 11 of their matches against Czech opposition (W9 D2), keeping a clean sheet in all six of their away games in Czechia (W5 D1)
• They are winless in their last 18 European matches (D6 L12), which is their longest such run ever; Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 18 Champions League matches (W13 D5), which is a club record
• In 17 meetings with English clubs, Slavia’s record is W2 D4 L11, including defeats in each of their last three such games without scoring
• Tomas Holes scored Slavia’s equaliser in their 1-1 draw at Arsenal in the 2020/21 Europa League quarter-final first leg – the last time they avoided defeat against an English club – but Arsenal won the return leg 4-0 in Prague
• Arsenal’s 7-0 win over Slavia in the Champions League on 23 October 2007 remains their joint-biggest win in European club competition.
• Their record against Czech clubs is W10 D1, with each of their last five such matches against Slavia and each of their preceding six against Sparta Prague
• A 2-2 Matchday 3 draw at Bayern Munich ended Arsenal’s 14-game winning run in the league phase, although they remain unbeaten in nine away Champions League games (W6 D3)
• Bukayo Saka and Mikel Merino (two) scored the goals when Arsenal won 3-0 at Slavia in last season’s league phase
• Gunners winger Max Dowman (15 years and 308 days) became the youngest player in Champions League history in that game

Slavia Prague vs Arsenal prediction

Slavia’s European record does not make pretty reading and it seems highly unlikely that will improve against a strong Arsenal side.

Slavia Praha

0 – 4

Arsenal

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