Champions League, Group H match
Date: Wednesday, 7 November
Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Venue: Strahov Stadium
Listen: BBC Radio 5 Live Updates: BBC Sport website and mobile; Score on BBCi (1930 GMT)
Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas, Kolo Toure, Tomas Rosicky and Alexander Hleb have not travelled to the Czech Repbulic for the game against Slavia Prague. Fabregas and Hleb are being rested, while fellow midfielder Rosicky has a groin problem which could see him spend a spell on the sidelines. Central defender Toure injured his calf but is expected to be fit for the next Premier League game against Reading. Theo Walcott and Eduardo are vying to start with Emmanuel Adebayor in attack. Date: Wednesday, 7 November
Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Venue: Strahov Stadium
Listen: BBC Radio 5 Live Updates: BBC Sport website and mobile; Score on BBCi (1930 GMT)
Arsenal (from): Almunia, Sagna, Song, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue, Flamini, Gilberto, Diaby, Adebayor, Walcott, Lehmann, Diarra, Eduardo, Denilson, Hoyte, Traore, Bendtner.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"We want to qualify as quickly as possible and we can achieve that at Slavia Prague. "By qualifying as early as possible we can rest players later on and it will help us in the Premier League. "At the moment I have not rotated too much because, after we had started well, I did not want to take that chance. I wanted to give consistency and belief to the side. "However, now we are in November, I will have to rotate a bit more because the first signs of fatigue could turn up." BIG MATCH STATS Qualification Arsenal can qualify for the next round if they manage at least to draw this away fixture with Slavia Prague. Head-to-head Arsenal's 7-0 win against Slavia Prague on their last Champions League outing was the first ever meeting between the clubs. European history Slavia Prague and Sevilla FC are the only debutants in the Champions League this season. Arsenal, the 2005-06 Champions League runners-up, are making their 10th successive appearance in the main competition. Current European form Arsenal have made a great start in Group H, winning the first three matches without conceding a goal. Manchester United are the only other club in this season's CL not to have dropped a point as yet. The Gunners' 7-0 win against Slavia was the joint biggest victory in CL history, and Arsenal's biggest ever win in any European competition. Including CL qualifying, Slavia have played seven matches in European competition this season, recording three wins, two draws and two defeats. Player and disciplinary info Ladislav Volesak (Slavia Prague) is suspended for this match. Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) will be suspended if he receives another yellow card. Theo Walcott became the youngest ever English goalscorer in the CL when he scored twice for Arsenal against Slavia two weeks ago. He was 18 years and 221 days old when he broke Wayne Rooney's record. Walcott was also the first teenager to score in this season's Champions League, but he is not Arsenal's youngest ever goal scorer in the competition. Cesc Fabregas was just over a year younger when he netted his first CL goal for the club three years ago. Other miscellaneous facts Slavia Prague beat FK Teplice in the Czech league on Saturday, and lead the table by six points from their city rivals Sparta. Arsenal lead Manchester United on goal difference at the top of the Premier League, after their 2-2 draw at the Emirates at the weekend. Arsene Wenger will feature in his 100th CL match as a head coach. The Arsenal boss will become the second coaching centurion in the competition following Sir Alex Ferguson (130). In his first 99 matches, Wenger has led AS Monaco (seven) and Arsenal (92). He made his debut on 24 November 1993, leading AS Monaco to a 4-1 triumph over Spartak Moscow. Wenger's record is 45 wins, 27 draws and 27 defeats. Definitions of terms used:- Champions League (CL) - only group phase matches and beyond of this competition which began in 1992-93.
Champions Cup/Champions League - all matches played since it began in 1955-56 including qualification matches.
European matches - all matches played in the major European tournaments (Fairs Cup, Uefa Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Champions Cup, Champions League).
Uefa Super Cups, Intertoto Cups and the old Intercontinental Cup competition are excluded. Big Match Stats source: Infostrada Sports
"We want to qualify as quickly as possible and we can achieve that at Slavia Prague. "By qualifying as early as possible we can rest players later on and it will help us in the Premier League. "At the moment I have not rotated too much because, after we had started well, I did not want to take that chance. I wanted to give consistency and belief to the side. "However, now we are in November, I will have to rotate a bit more because the first signs of fatigue could turn up." BIG MATCH STATS Qualification Arsenal can qualify for the next round if they manage at least to draw this away fixture with Slavia Prague. Head-to-head Arsenal's 7-0 win against Slavia Prague on their last Champions League outing was the first ever meeting between the clubs. European history Slavia Prague and Sevilla FC are the only debutants in the Champions League this season. Arsenal, the 2005-06 Champions League runners-up, are making their 10th successive appearance in the main competition. Current European form Arsenal have made a great start in Group H, winning the first three matches without conceding a goal. Manchester United are the only other club in this season's CL not to have dropped a point as yet. The Gunners' 7-0 win against Slavia was the joint biggest victory in CL history, and Arsenal's biggest ever win in any European competition. Including CL qualifying, Slavia have played seven matches in European competition this season, recording three wins, two draws and two defeats. Player and disciplinary info Ladislav Volesak (Slavia Prague) is suspended for this match. Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) will be suspended if he receives another yellow card. Theo Walcott became the youngest ever English goalscorer in the CL when he scored twice for Arsenal against Slavia two weeks ago. He was 18 years and 221 days old when he broke Wayne Rooney's record. Walcott was also the first teenager to score in this season's Champions League, but he is not Arsenal's youngest ever goal scorer in the competition. Cesc Fabregas was just over a year younger when he netted his first CL goal for the club three years ago. Other miscellaneous facts Slavia Prague beat FK Teplice in the Czech league on Saturday, and lead the table by six points from their city rivals Sparta. Arsenal lead Manchester United on goal difference at the top of the Premier League, after their 2-2 draw at the Emirates at the weekend. Arsene Wenger will feature in his 100th CL match as a head coach. The Arsenal boss will become the second coaching centurion in the competition following Sir Alex Ferguson (130). In his first 99 matches, Wenger has led AS Monaco (seven) and Arsenal (92). He made his debut on 24 November 1993, leading AS Monaco to a 4-1 triumph over Spartak Moscow. Wenger's record is 45 wins, 27 draws and 27 defeats. Definitions of terms used:- Champions League (CL) - only group phase matches and beyond of this competition which began in 1992-93.
Champions Cup/Champions League - all matches played since it began in 1955-56 including qualification matches.
European matches - all matches played in the major European tournaments (Fairs Cup, Uefa Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Champions Cup, Champions League).
Uefa Super Cups, Intertoto Cups and the old Intercontinental Cup competition are excluded. Big Match Stats source: Infostrada Sports
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