Arsenal host French side Lille in their first home UEFA Champions League match of the season, as Mikel Arteta's men look to make it two wins from two to begin the league phase this season.
Last season, Arsenal won all eight of their league phase fixtures, on their way to making the Champions League final, and started well this season too, with a 1-0 away win against Napoli in their opening match.
Lille, meanwhile, are searching for their first points of this Champions League season, after losing 3-2 at home to Real Betis on the opening matchday. They have done pretty well to start off their season in Ligue 1, though, with 13 points from their opening six matches, as they sit just a point off the early leaders AS Monaco.
Here's everything you need to know about the match:
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How to watch:
The match will be available to watch on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max in the UK, Paramount+ in the U.S., Sony LIV in India, and Stan Sport in Australia. You can also follow ESPN's live updates here.
Key Details:
Date, kick-off time:
UK BST: Tuesday, Oct 13, 8.00 p.m.
U.S. ET: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 3.00 p.m.
India IST: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 12.30 a.m.
Australia AEDT: Wednesday, Oct 14. 6.00 a.m.
Venue: Emirates Stadium, London
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
VAR: Robert Schroder (Germany)
Injury and Team News
Arsenal
William Saliba, D: back, OUT
Christos Tzolis, F: hamstring, OUT
Martín Zubimendi, M: knock, DOUBT
Lille
Ethan Mbappé, F: ankle, OUT
Hamza Igamane, F: knee, OUT
Expected Lineups
Arsenal
David Raya
Ben White | Ezri Konsa | Gabriel Magalhães | Riccardo Calafiori
Martin Ødegaard | Declan Rice | Myles Lewis-Skelly
Bukayo Saka | Kai Havertz | Eberechi Eze
Lille
Berke Özer
Tiago Santos | Nathan Ngoy | Alexsandro | Romain Perraud
Benjamin André | Nabil Bentaleb
Dilane Bakwa | Hákon Haraldsson | Gaetan Perrin
Ayase Ueda
Talking Points
Can Arteta find Arsenal's attacking solutions?
Arsenal have had a very good start to the season, losing only one game so far in the Premier League. However, Arteta will know that for sustained challenges across fronts, his side will need to get better in attack.
At the weekend against Leeds United, Arsenal were lukewarm going forward for about two-thirds of the game, and didn't really trouble the Leeds defence as much as they should have, and as much as they'd have wanted to. They have only scored ten times in six Premier League games thus far, and that will have to improve as the season goes on.
Martin Ødegaard has made a bright start to the season, while the likes of Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka have chipped in with goals too, as have Bruno Guimarães and Riccardo Calafiori. Having said that, as a unit, Arsenal will have to be better, and they will hope that they can find a solution to that, starting with this game.
Can Lille get a win in England?
Lille have lost their last eight away matches across competitions against English teams. They face a big, big task at the Emirates on Tuesday night to set that record straight. A win would be an amazing result for Lille, but manager Davide Ancelotti will surely be happy if they can take a point from this game as well.
They come into this game on the back of a 1-0 Ligue 1 win against Le Havre over the weekend, but it wasn't really the kind of performance they'd have liked ahead of such a big game against Arsenal. Lille had only five shots in that game, compared to Le Havre's 15, and Ancelotti's side were hugely helped by a red card in the 61st minute to Le Havre's Ayumu Seko.
It's going to be a big challenge for Lille, and that record away in England will have Arsenal fans rubbing their hands together in glee.