Slavia Prague entertain Arsenal in the league phase of 2025-26 UEFA Champions League.
Victory would lift Slavia Prague into the knockout play-off spots, whilst Arsenal can go top with a win ahead of the late-evening kick-offs.
Team News
Slavia Prague have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 2-0 domestic league victory over Banik.
Jan Boril (unspecified), Filip Horsky, Petr Sevcik (both ACL), Tomas Holes, Dominik Javorcek (both knee), Igoh Ogbu (hamstring) and Ivan Schranz (muscle)
Arsenal will likely be without Viktor Gyokeres after he suffered a muscle injury in their 2-0 victory at Burnley in the Premier League.
Martin Zubimendi is suspended after he picked up yellow cards in each of their three league phase games so far.
Gabriel Martinelli (muscle), Martin Odegaard, Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus (all knee) remain sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Slavia Prague host Arsenal at Fortuna Arena on Tuesday 4 November at 6:45pm CET (5:45pm GMT), live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Slavia Prague are yet to beat Arsenal in the Champions League (D1, L1).
- Arsenal drew 0-0 in their only previous away visit to Slavia Prague in the Champions League in November 2007.
- Slavia Prague are yet to score at home to Arsenal in all competitions (D1, L1), having drew 0-0 in this competition in November 2007 then lost 4-0 in April 2021 in 2020-21 Europa League Quarter-Finals.
- Slavia Prague have kept just one clean sheet in the league phase (D2, L1).
- Arsenal are yet to concede in the league phase of this season’s competition (W3).
Prediction
Unbeaten at home in all competitions this season, Slavia Prague certainly can’t be underestimated if they can discover their goalscoring spark on the European stage – having drawn blanks in their last two games, although their injury crisis won’t do them much favours in this game.
Arsenal meanwhile haven’t conceded in their last seven games in all competitions after a dominant first-half performance at Burnley where they looked comfortable in control, before they saw out the second half with a resilient defensive display.
Gyokeres’ absence might naturally have an impact such is his quality if he isn’t fit enough, but I do think that Arsenal will have enough strength and quality to see out the win if can continue their current form against a home team who are lacking goals in the league phase.
Prediction: Slavia Prague 0-2 Arsenal
Result: Slavia Prague 0-3 Arsenal
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