Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal resume their European marketing campaign on Thursday evening after they host Slavia Prague in the primary stage of their quarter-final.
The guests haven’t gone unnoticed throughout their European cost and knocked out Leicester Metropolis and Rangers within the earlier two rounds of the event. They’ve been within the headlines for all of the fallacious causes although, with defender Ondrej Kudela reportedly racially abusing Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara in his spherical 16 second leg.
Slavia’s home marketing campaign has been a lot less complicated; the aspect have gained 20 and drawn 5 of their 25 league video games this season, scoring 70 targets and conceding simply 15. Their phenomenal league type leaves them prime with 14 factors and at this stage some champions.
The Gunners, however, haven’t had the very best of seasons. Their 3-0 defeat towards Liverpool final time was their twelfth defeat within the 30 Premier League matches they’ve performed to this point. Arteta’s aspect is in tenth place within the desk and is now ten factors from the highest 4.
In the subsequent spherical – collectively! ✊?
? #UEL pic.twitter.com/Bav5rCEjR2
– Arsenal (@Arsenal) March 18, 2021
Arsenal have, nonetheless, had an excellent Europa League run. The Gunners have gained eight of their ten video games on this season’s competitors and regardless of a 1-0 loss to Olympiakos within the second spherical of their sixteenth spherical, they’ve scored a excessive 27 targets.
So this is 90 minutes preview of what ought to be an thrilling assembly.
When is it? Thursday 8 AprilWhat time is it performed? 20:00 (GMT)The place is it performed? Emirates Stadium TV channel? BT Sport 1Choose? Andreas EkbergWho has VAR service? Juan Martinez Munuera
Kieran Tierney is a doubt for Thursday evening’s Visionhaus / Getty Photos
Kieran Tierney was added to Arteta’s harm after struggling a knee downside. He joins David Luiz on the sidelines. Granite Xhaka can be probably to be missed attributable to sickness.
Though they failed late health exams earlier than their final recreation, Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe ought to each be match for Slavia Prague’s go to, and certainly one of them is probably to are available in for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who’s out of shape.
After being accused of racial abuse within the closing spherical, Ondrej Kudela will miss this recreation by a non permanent one-match ban imposed by UEFA.
?? | Abdallah Sima proti Svazijsku poprvé nastoupí v základní sestavě Senegalu! ? pic.twitter.com/H3mz4Is0Vy
– SK Slavia Praha ⭐️⭐️ (@slaviaofficial) 30 March 2021
The extremely ranked 19-year-old Abdallah Sima made his debut in Senegal throughout a global break and has scored 4 targets within the Europa League this season. He can return to the aspect that has served home ban. The identical applies to the 18-year-old goalkeeper Matyas Vagner, who was despatched off simply 18 minutes after Sunday’s 0-0 draw with Brno – he is predicted to proceed to fill in for the injured Ondrej Kolar.
Arsenal: Leno; Bellerin, Holding, Mari, Cedric; Partey, Ceballos; Saka, Odegaard, Pepe; Lacazette
Slavia Prague: Wagons; Bah, Zima, Hromada, Boril; Gap, Sevcik; Sima, Stanciu, Olayinka; Kuchta
Arsenal
Arsenal 0-3 Liverpool – Premier League (3/4) West Ham 3-3 Arsenal – Premier League (21/3)Arsenal 0-1 Olympiakos – Europa League (18/3)Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur – Premier League (14/3) Olympiakos 1-3 Arsenal – Europa League (11/3)
Slavia Prague
Brno 0-0 Slavia Prague – Czech Republic’s first league (4/4)Slavia Prague 4-0 Opava – Czech Republic’s first league (21/3) Rangers 0-2 Slavia Prague – Europa League (18/3) Mlada Boleslav 0-3 Slavia Prague – Czech Republic’s first league (14/3)Slavia Prague 1-1 Rangers – Europa League (11/3)
It just isn’t simple to decide on a favourite on this tie. With Slavia already outscoring Leicester and Rangers within the knockout rounds, they are going to make sure to get previous an awesome Arsenal aspect. The Czech apparel has baggage with targets, with free-painting midfielders being the important thing for them all through the marketing campaign.
FULL TIME | We now have superior to the MOL Cup quarterfinals after an important victory towards Slavia Karlovy Differ on the third stage! #slakva pic.twitter.com/0pUD1CuWIX
– SK Slavia Prague EN (@slavia_eng) March 3, 2021
Given their attacking expertise, it’s going to most likely be a tough day within the workplace for Arsenal’s again line, however what can be much more necessary is discovering the inventive contact to collapse the opposition’s strict protection. With the likes of Martin Odegaard, Nicolas Pepe and Saka on the sector, the Gunners will anticipate to have sufficient high quality to go to the guests and get a significant victory – however they have to carry out very nicely to beat this Slavia aspect.
Prediction: Arsenal 1-1 Slavia Prague
