Slavia Prague v Arsenal preview
Arsenal are concentrating on a tenth consecutive win in all competitions and an eighth straight clear sheet when the English leaders go to Czech counterparts Slavia Prague on the Fortuna Area.
Ought to they require any extra trigger for confidence, the Gunners have by no means misplaced to opponents from Czechia (W8 D2) and thrashed Slavia 4-0 away to succeed in the semi-finals of the 2020/21 Europa League, whereas victory would give them an eighth successive win in league section video games within the Champons League.
“We’ve received to take that perception, vitality and braveness and perceive, particularly, the issues that we must always have finished higher within the second half,” mentioned supervisor Mikel Arteta, reflecting on his workforce’s 2-0 win at Burnley within the Premier League on Saturday.
“On Tuesday is one other one and on Saturday [away to Sunderland] is one other one. The video games are coming thick and quick.”
Slavia can not fairly match Arsenal’s run of greater than 11 hours with out conceding however the reigning Czech champions have 5 clear sheets in a row in all competitions, beating third-bottom Banik 2-0 at dwelling on Saturday to face degree on factors with Sparta Prague on the summit.
🎯 Rychle a přesně
Druhý gól přidal po pěkné akci Mojmír Chytil. #sksfcb pic.twitter.com/LB8eKinYr9
— SK Slavia Praha (@slaviaofficial) November 1, 2025
“For me, Arsenal are presently the very best workforce on this planet,” mentioned supervisor Jindrich Trpisovsky. “They actually have the very best set items.
“They’ve developed extremely since we final performed them. Arteta has been there for a very long time and has refined the workforce… [they can] sweep everybody away in numerous methods.
“I heard that no-one has had a shot on their purpose in about 5 video games. They’ve world-class gamers in each place.”
Trpisovsky expects Arsenal to play at an “even greater degree” than one in all final season’s finalists, Inter Milan, did of their 3-0 dwelling win over Slavia on September 30, when the Italian membership had seven of the eight efforts on course between the groups.
Slavia Prague v Arsenal workforce information
Trpisovsky expects Senegalese left-back Youssoupha Mbodji to return from harm however winger Ivan Schranz and centre-backs Jan Boril, Igoh Ogbu and Tomas Holes are amongst Sparta’s absentees.
Left-back Dominik Javorcek and midfielder Petr Sevcik have long-term knee accidents however goalkeeper Jindra Stanek and David Doudera are again in rivalry.
🐺❤️ Vlčák to prolomil
Srdcař. Odchovanec. Jeden z nás. #sksfcb pic.twitter.com/VMFeaEWIMn
— SK Slavia Praha (@slaviaofficial) November 1, 2025
“It’s nearly unbelievable,” Trpisovsky rued of his depleted squad. “Hats off to the way in which the [available] guys are taking it on… huge credit score to them.”
Defender Tomas Vlcek, who has had a troubled time with long-term accidents and sickness in latest seasons, scored his first purpose since August 2022 with the Fifty fifth-minute first purpose towards Banik.
Gabriel Martinelli has scored in Arsenal’s three Champions League video games thus far this season however missed the journey to Burnley with an harm sustained within the 2-0 EFL Cup last-16 win at dwelling to Brighton & Hove Albion three days earlier.
Arteta mentioned striker Viktor Gyokeres had “among the best video games that he’s performed” towards Burnley however the brand new signing was withdrawn at half-time.
“We needed to take him off as a result of he was feeling just a little muscular niggle, so we’ll have to attend and see,” added Arteta. “His efficiency was distinctive and he was a part of the primary purpose.”
Midfielder Martin Odegaard and forwards Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus all have knee accidents, though Arteta believes “a few of” his sidelined gamers may return “fairly quickly”.
“It’s tough to [name] a recreation,” Arteta mentioned earlier than the encounter with Burnley, noting the worldwide break between November 9 and 23.
“After that, I feel we’ll have some again. I don’t know if it’s going to be all of them… however we’ll be fairly shut by then.”
Slavia Prague v Arsenal predicted lineups
Slavia Prague beginning XI: Jakub Markovic, Tomas Vlcek, David Zima, Stepan Chaloupek, David Moses, Christos Zafeiris, Oscar Dorley, Youssoupha Mbodji, Lukas Provod, Tomas Chory, Vasil Kusej
Arsenal beginning XI: David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, Leandro Trossard
Dec delivers 🎯 pic.twitter.com/CLQoan81iz
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 2, 2025
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Kick-off on Tuesday is at 17:45 GMT (13:45 ET / 11:45 PT), with stay protection within the UK on TNT Sports activities 1.
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