There have been fewer than three goals in six of Arsenal’s last seven games
Slavia Prague have gone five games without conceding
Recommended bet: Under 2.5 goals
Arsenal have enjoyed a strong start to the league phase of Europe’s top competition with three wins in as many games, and the Gunners are yet to concede in the Champions League.
Slavia Prague are yet to pick up a win but they have at least managed to draw two of their three games, and with 24 knockout places available they are still very much in contention to progress beyond this first stage.
Team News
Both of these teams have a number of injury issues ahead of Tuesday’s game.
Slavia will be without Ivan Schranz, Filip Horsky, Petr Sevcik, Dominik Javorcek, Tomas Holes, Igoh Ogbu and captain Jan Boril.
Lukas Provod should take the armband for the hosts in the absence of their injured skipper.
Martin Zubimendi picked up a knock for Arsenal in the win over Burnley at the weekend but would have missed this game anyway due to suspension.
Striker Viktor Gyokeres also sustained an injury at Turf Moor and is likely to miss out, meaning Mikel Merino could fill in up front and Christian Norgaard is set to come into midfield.
Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Odegaard, Noni Madueke, Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz are all sidelined for the Gunners.
The stats
Under 2.5 goals has been a winning bet in two of Arsenal’s three league phase games.
Slavia Prague have conceded five goals across their three league phase fixtures.
Slavia have conceded just four goals in total in their last nine games.
The Gunners have scored more than two goals in just one of their last 11 games.
There have been fewer than three goals scored in total in each of Arsenal’s last seven away games.
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Prediction
Arsenal’s defence has been watertight in the Champions League and Slavia Prague are arguably the weakest team they have faced so far.
Mikel Arteta’s side have three wins and three clean sheets in Europe this season and it could be more of the same for them in the Czech capital.
The Gunners crushed Atletico Madrid 4-0 in their last European assignment but big margins of victory have been a rarity for the Premier League leaders so far this season.
That win over Atleti is the only occasion in their last 11 games where they have scored more than two goals, while Gyokeres and Martinelli — who between them scored three goals against the Spanish side — are both set to miss out on Tuesday.
Slavia Prague are unlikely to offer much going forward but like Arsenal they have a solid defensive foundation.
The Czech side will set up to defend in this fixture and they have been excellent at the back of late with five consecutive clean sheets.
The Gunners should find a way to win but with a few key attackers missing, goals could be in short supply in this early kick-off.
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