🕟 Kick Off: 20:00 GMT

📍 Location: Emirates Stadium, North London

📺 UK Broadcaster: TNT Sports

🙎🏻‍♂️ Referee: Davide Massa 🇮🇹

🔴 Arsenal Team News:

• Zinchenko was absent for the Fulham game, his current condition is unknown.
• Gabriel and Calafiori both face a late fitness test after missing the Fulham game.
• Tomiyasu and Ben White remain absent.

⚽ Arsenal Form: 🟧🟩🟩🟩🟩

👑 AS Monaco Team News:

• Mawissa and Singo are both serving suspensions and will be unavailable for this game.
• Balogun is absent with a shoulder injury.
• Diata (muscular) and Diop (foot) will miss the game through injury.

⚽ AS Monaco Form: 🟩🟥🟥🟩🟩

⚔️ Head-to-Head:

• AS Monaco 0-2 Arsenal (17th Mar 2015, Champions League)
• Arsenal 1-3 AS Monaco (25th Feb 2015, Champions League)

📖 Match Facts:

• The last time Arsenal faced AS Monaco it was in the RO16 for the 2014/15 Champions League in a double legged fixture which ended 3-3, seeing AS Monaco go through due to away goals.
• Adolf Hutter has faced Arsenal twice before as manager of Eintracht Frankfurt, winning at the Emirates and losing at home.
• Unai Emery was sacked following the 1-2 loss at the Emirates to Hutter’s Eintracht Frankfurt.

🎲 Odds (Betway):

• Arsenal – 3/10
• Draw – 17/4
• AS Monaco – 8/1

✍🏼 Pre-Match Ramblings

The last time Arsenal faced a team managed by Adolf Hutter, they sacked their manager the following day. This isn’t a comment on our current situation by any means, it’s just an interesting fact – a fact that should show you how far we have come under the manager that replaced the one that was sacked after a dismal 1-2 loss at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.

This season so far has been one that has been filled with inconsistency. Inconsistency in results, performances, lineups due to injuries, and general mood around the club. The draw at Fulham at the weekend has only fed into this. Is the league title out of reach? Maybe. Is this competition? Absolutely not.

Arsenal and AS Monaco are tied on points coming into this game, with Arsenal having the edge on goal difference. A win for Arsenal would consolidate their position in the coveted top 8 spaced of the new UCL format, meaning 2 less games for those top 8 teams. With our squad already being strained, it is vital we finish in the top 8. Not only to get us in the RO16 of the competition, but also to allow us as much rest as possible as the season goes on.

AS Monaco are missing key players to injury and suspension and will be lining up with an improvised backline. Arsenal playing at home should be able to capitalise on this, and not only secure the three points, but add some digits to our goal difference which may prove vital if the UCL league comes down to the wire.