Premier League leaders Arsenal will look to continue their great early season form when they travel to Czechia to take on Slavia Prague for their fourth game of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League group stages.
Three wins in three -- with eight goals scored and none conceded -- see Arsenal sit pretty in fourth, and they will look to continue that positive form in Prague. At Turf Moor last weekend, their airtight defence once again laid the platform for a comfortable 2-0 win as they show no signs of slowing down.
Slavia Prague, meanwhile, have drawn twice and lost once this season in the UCL and are currently 28th. They are doing far better domestically, though: leading the league on goal difference from great rivals Sparta Prague, they are yet to lose a game in 14 (W8 D6).
The two teams have met four times in the UCL proper, and the scores read for mixed reading. Their first encounter saw Arsenal win 7-0 at home before drawing 0-0 away in the 2007/08 group stages before it was reversed in 2021/22 when Slavia got a 1-1 draw in London before succumbing 0-4 in Prague.
Here is everything you need to know ahead of Tuesday's game:
How to watch:
The match will be shown on TNT Sports and Amazon Prime Sport in the U.K., Paramount+ in the U.S., SonyLiv in India and Stan Sport in Australia. You can also follow ESPN's live updates.
Key Details:
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 5.45 pm BST (11.45 pm ET, 11.15 pm IST, 3.45 am AEDT)
Venue: Eden Arena, Prague
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (AZE)
VAR: Rob Dieperink (NED)
Team News:
Slavia Prague
Ivan Schranz,F: muscle, OUT
Dominik Javorcek, D: knee, OUT
Tomas Holes, D: knee, OUT
Igoh Ogbu,D: hamstring, OUT
Jan Boril, M: unspecified, OUT
Arsenal
Kai Havertz, F: knee, OUT, est. return late-Nov
Gabriel Jesus, F: ACL, OUT, est. return late-Dec
Noni Madueke, F: knee, OUT, est. return late-Nov
Martin Ødegaard, M: knock, OUT, est. return mid-Nov
Gabriel Martinelli, F: knock, DOUBT
William Saliba, D: knock, DOUBT
Martin Zubimendi, M: SUSPENDED
Viktor Gyokeres, F: knock, DOUBT
Expected Lineups:
Sparta Prague (4-3-2-1)
GK: Jakub Markovic
RB: Tomas Vlceck | CB: David Zima | CB: Stepan Chaloupek | LB: Youssoupha Mbodji
CM: Oscar Dorley | CM: Christos Zafeiris
RW: Mojmir Chytil | AM: Lukas Provod | LW: Youssoupha Sanyang
CF: Tomas Chory
Arsenal (4-3-3)
GK: David Raya
RB: Jurriën Timber | CB: William Saliba | CB: Gabriel Magalhães | LB: Riccardo Calafiori
CM: Declan Rice | CAM: Eberechi Eze | CM: Christian Norgaard
RW: Bukayo Saka | CF: Mikel Merino | LW: Leandro Trossard
Stats:
While Arsenal have never lost to Czech opposition (W8 D2), Slavia don't have a good record against English teams. They've won only twice in 15 competitive UEFA matches against English opponents (D4 L9).
The last time Slavia won in the Champions League proper was 2007. Since they beat Steaua Bucuresti 2-1, they've been on a 14-game winless run (D6, L8).
Arsenal, meanwhile, can't stop winning: they have won their last seven league stage matches. Indeed, they have lost only two of their last 25 at this stage (W19 D4).
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