UEFA Champions League,
League phase – 2nd
arsenal
ARS
13/10/2026
20:00
Lille
LIL
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place
- Emirates Stadium
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referee
- Felix Zwayer
Where to watch Arsenal vs Lille: TV and online broadcasts
arsenal versus Lille kicks off at 20:00 BST on Tuesday 13 October at the Emirates Stadium. In the UK, you can watch it on TNT Sports and stream it via HBO Max.
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Arsenal v Lille preview
Arsenal have not lost a Champions League stage game since November 2024. They put that run on the line on Tuesday night against a Lille side they had never faced before in their first home game in the competition this season.
Mikel Arteta’s side made it 13 league wins in a row on matchday one, beating Napoli 1-0 in Naples thanks to Martin Odegaard’s goal 15 minutes from time. This score flattered the hosts. Arsenal accumulated 4.05 expected goals at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, their highest total in a single Champions League game in the club’s history.
The weekend brought relief after 3-0 at Brighton before the international break. Arsenal came from behind to beat Leeds 2-1 at the Emirates, ending the Whites’ unbeaten start to the season. James Justin gave Leeds the lead but Riccardo Calafiori equalized and Bruno Guimarães won. It wasn’t pretty, though. Arsenal were flat at the start, and have now conceded six goals in their last three games after conceding just one in their opening six.
Lille arrive in London in good domestic form but with a point to prove in Europe. Davide Ancelotti’s side led Real Betis twice on matchday one at the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium, only to concede it in the space of 11 minutes in the second half. Marc Bartra equalized, Troy Parrott won it and Ethan Mbappé was sent off for elbowing Natan in the face.
Since then, Lille have taken six points from three Ligue 1 games, and Dilane Bakwa’s goal in Saturday’s 1-0 win over 10-man Le Havre moved them within a point of leaders Monaco in second.
There is also a familiar face in the Lille squad. Olivier Giroud, now 40, led the line against Le Havre and could make an emotional return to the Emirates. The French team’s record in England is terrible, though. They have lost their last eight away games against English clubs and their last win came in the Intertoto Cup at Aston Villa in 2002.
The Champions League table
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position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : Promotion – Champions League (Play Off: Round of 16)
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position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Promotion – Champions League (Play Off: Round of 16)
Arsenal v Lille team news
Arsenal’s injury problems took another turn after the Leeds game. Piero Hincapié hurt his ankle during the post-match warm-up with the rest of the substitutes and had to be carried off the pitch, and is almost certain to miss out. Martín Zubimendi also suffered a knock in the warm-up, and his availability is now in doubt.
William Saliba (back) and Christos Tzolis (hamstring) remain out. There was better news ahead of the Leeds game as Declan Rice, Max Dowman and Ezri Konsa returned to fitness after withdrawing from their national teams. Rice played the full 90 minutes on Saturday, so he was able to rest.
Arteta is expected to rotate. Calafiori is likely to keep his place at left-back with Hincapié out, but Guimarães, Eberechi Eze, Jurrien Timber and Viktor Gyökeres are pushing for a start. Mikel Merino, who partnered Rice in midfield against Napoli, is an option if Zubimendi doesn’t make it.
For Lille, Mbappé is suspended for the first of three games, and also has an ankle injury that will keep him out for around three weeks. Defender Tiago Santos went off with a knee injury against Le Havre, and left-back Romain Perraud went off with a knock in the same game. Hamza Igamane is a long-term absentee with a cruciate ligament injury.
Center Nathan Ngoy rested at the weekend and is expected to return. Ayase Ueda and Benjamin André, who were also saved from Saturday’s start, should return to the side, with Ueda likely to replace Giroud up front.
Expected lineups for Arsenal-Lille
Arsenal: Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Guimarães, Merino; Saka, Odegaard, Eze; Gyökeres
Lille: Özer; Ngoy, Nianzou, Alexander, Verdonk; Andrew, Bentaleb; Bakwa, Haraldsson, Perrin; Ueda
Arsenal v Lille recent form and stats
Arsenal – Lille Prediction
Arsenal have lost some of their swagger in recent games but should regain it against a Lille side that will pose a threat but ultimately lack the quality to challenge the English champions.
arsenal
3-0
Lille
