ARSENAL make the trip to Portugal to face Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League.
Lisbon started life without new Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim with a 6-0 win over Amarante at the weekend.
The Portugeuse club appointed reserve team manager Joao Pereira as Amorim’s replacement on a deal until 2027.
Arsenal, meanwhile, come into the game off the back of a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest over the weekend.
Lisbon are flying high in the league phase of the Champions League, sitting second to only Liverpool following their sensational 4-1 win over Manchester City.
Here is everything you need to know about the match
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When is it on and what time is kick-off?
Sporting Lisbon vs Arsenal takes place at the Estadio Jose Alvalade on Tuesday, November 26, with kick-off at 8pm.
The last time the two sides met was in the last-16 of the Europa League, when Lisbon beat the Gunners on penalties at the Emirates Stadium.
The game was made famous by Pedro Goncalves’ sensational goal from halfway that silenced the North London crowd.
Where can I watch it?
The game will be shown live on Virgin Media 2, with coverage starting at 7:45pm.
It will be the second part of a Champions League double bill, and will be preceded by the meeting of Sparta Prague and Atletico Madrid.
What is the team news?
Kieran Tierney is in line to make his first Arsenal appearance for over 15 MONTHS.
The Scotland international has endured a torrid run of injuries during his time at the Gunners that has seen him slip off the radar of boss Mikel Arteta – and linked with a move away in January.
But he has been named in the playing squad in Lisbon after returning to training last week having been out for two months with a setback in a reoccurring hamstring injury.
Tierney’s last outing for Arsenal was in the Community Shield against Manchester City on August 6, 2023, before heading out on a season-long loan to Real Sociedad.
Arteta said: “Everybody in the squad is fully fit and available to start the game.
“We have Kieran Tierney after a long injury, it’s great news that he’s back, he’s been training with the team and he’s at the level to participate.”
What are the odds?
Arsenal are 23/20 favourites to beat Sporting Lisbon, with the Portugeuse club at at 9/4 to pick up the three points.
The draw is at 12/5.
What has been said in the build-up?
Mikel Arteta insisted that Arsenal are a different side to the one that lost to Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League.
He said: “It’s normally a good exercise to see the team a few years back.
“I watched both games back to have an understanding, how we prepared them, what worked well and what didn’t.
“It’s difficult to recognise the team two years later, because you tend to see and look at the game and other stuff in a different way, but it was good.
“It seemed longer ago to be fair, in a way, but here we are again. The good news is we are now in a different competition, a competition that we really want to win, be dominant, be important and this is where we are.
“Every team evolves and talking about Sporting and what they’ve done, it’s been unbelievable.
“And we have, as well, progressed very much compared to where we were two years ago so it’s going to be a good test.”