Arsenal will look to bounce back from their first defeat of the season at the weekend when they host Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.
The Gunners fell aa disappointing 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth as William Saliba was sent off in the first half, Arsenal’s third red card in the Premier League this season. The result left Mikel Arteta’s side three points clear of Manchester City, their title foes for the past two campaigns.
Arsenal’s unbeaten record remains intact in the Champions Leaguehowever, with a first goalless draw with Atalanta, winners of the Europa League, followed by a dominant 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain on the 2nd day.
Ukrainian side Shakhtar also managed a goalless draw in their first league game of the season, but fell to a heavy 3-0 defeat at Atalanta in their last European outing. A clash with Arsenal is followed by more favorable games against Swiss side Young Boys and Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven.
here it is 90 minutes guide to Arsenal’s midweek clash in Europe.
Arsenal vs Shakhtar Donetsk Head to Head Results (All Time)
Current form (all competitions)
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Bournemouth 2-0 Arsenal – 19/10/24 |
Kolos Kovalivka – Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 – 18/10/24 |
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Arsenal 3-1 Southampton – 05/10/24 |
Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 LNZ Cherkasy – 06/10/24 |
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Arsenal 2-0 PSG – 10/01/24 |
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Atalanta – 02/10/24 |
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Arsenal 4-2 Leicester – 28/09/24 |
Veres Rivne 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk – 27/09/24 |
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Arsenal 5-1 Bolton – 25/09/24 |
Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 Obolon Kyiv – 23/09/24 |
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Despite being sent off last time out against Bournemouth, Saliba will be available in the Champions League. The defender will serve his ban in the Premier Leaguemissing next weekend’s clash with Liverpool.
Bukayo Saka is a doubt for the clash with Shakhtar after missing the trip to the Vitality Stadium through injury. The winger was injured on international duty and missed the squad entirely on Saturday.
Jurrien Timber is also a doubt with a thigh problem and Martin Odegaard, Kieran Tierney and Takehiro Tomiyasu are unavailable.
Arsenal predicted line-up against Shakhtar Donetsk (4-3-3): Stripe; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Jorginho, Havertz; Sterling, Jesus, Martinelli.
Shakhtar have very few injury worries for the trip to North London and their almost full squad gives them the chance to make life difficult for the Gunners.
Georgiy Sudakov has been linked with a move to Premier League in previous transfer windows, with Liverpool and Arsenal among the teams to have shown an interest. Tuesday could be an audition for the young Ukrainian.
Artem Bondarenko is another young talent worth keeping an eye on, as the attacking midfielder has contributed six goals and assists in Ukraine’s top flight this season.
Shakhtar Donetsk predicted line-up against Arsenal (3-4-2-1): Riznyk; Bondar, Ghram, Matviyenko; Gomes, Kryskiv, Stepanenko, Henrique; Bondarenko, Sudakov; Sikan.
arsenal may have suffered a surprise defeat at the weekend, but the Gunners have only tended to look susceptible this season when reduced to ten men. Provided they avoid a fourth red card of the campaign on Tuesday, they should return to winning ways with little fuss.
Shakhtar showed their defensive frailty against Atalanta in their last Champions League outing and will struggle to keep the score low in north London. Their only hope is that Arteta rests some players ahead of next weekend’s clash with Liverpool.
