UEFA Champions League: Matchday Seven (7)
TIME: 2300hrs (EAT)
VENUE: Emirates Stadium, London.
What you need to know
- The Gunners are in strong position to claim automatic place in round of 16.
- Dinamo Zagreb suffered a humiliating 9-2 battering at Bayern Munich on Matchday 1.
- New manager and Italian Ballon d’or winning defender Fabio Cannavaro is tasked with guiding Zagreb to their first ever away win against English opposition.
- Arsenal have won their last two UCL matches by a 2+ goal margin. They have never done so in three successive games in the competition.
- Dinamo Zagreb are 25 time champions of the Croatian Football League.
- it’s been a decisively bad January for Arsenal so far, despite a North London derby win against Spurs, losses to Newcastle in the Carabao Cup and Manchester United in the FA Cup, both at the Emirates, have soured the mood around the club considerably.
Form – Last six games
Arsenal – DWLLDW
Dinamo Zagreb – DWDWLD
Head-to-head – Last four games
Arsenal: 3
Draw: O
Dinamo Zagreb: 1
Possible starting line-ups
Arsenal: David Raya, Lewis Skelly, Jurrien Timber, Gabriel Magalhaes, Declan Rice, Mikel Merino, Jorginho, Martinelli, Havertz, Sterling.
Dinamo Zagreb: Nevistic; Ristovski, Theophile-Catherine, Mmaee, Pierre-Gabriel; Ademi, Stojkovic; Cordoba, Baturina, Pjaca; Kulenovic
Players to watch
Leandro Trossard (Arsenal)
Sandro Kulenovic (Dinamo Zagreb)
Injury list
Arsenal
Bukayo Saka
William Saliba
Gabriel Jesus
Takehiro Tomiyasu
Dinamo Zagreb
Bruno Petkovic
Petar Sucic.
