The Gunners made a memorable start to the Premier League this campaign, however, Manchester United ended their winning streak at the weekend.
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FC Zurich will be looking to put their domestic disappointments behind them when they face Arsenal in the Europa League Group A opener on Thursday. The Swiss champions are going through a forgettable run of form and will look at the upcoming clash as a way to get back to winning ways. In fact, both teams will be heading into this clash on the back of losing their last match. The Gunners made a memorable start to the Premier League this campaign, however, Manchester United ended their winning streak at the weekend.
| FC Zurich vs Arsenal | Key details |
| Date | September 8th |
| Venue | Stadion Letzigrund |
| Kickoff time in India | 10:15 pm |
| Kickoff time in the UK | 5:45 pm |
| Kickoff time in Switzerland | 6:45 pm |
| Match Referee | Mohammed Al-Hakim |
Europa League is not the competition Arsenal would have been hoping to play this season after being in the driver’s seat to seal a top-four finish last campaign. However, a disastrous end to the campaign saw Mikel Arteta’s side settling for the fifth spot. They put that disappointment behind and started the new season with five straight wins before losing 3-1 to Manchester United at the weekend. Meanwhile, Zurich are yet to win a single game in the Swiss Super League this season. The defending champions have just two points from seven games and have lost a staggering five of those matches already.
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Both teams have a few injured players to keep an eye on ahead of their upcoming clash. Zurich will be looking to end their poor run in the league. Hence, they will likely keep one eye on the upcoming league match before selecting the squad for Thursday’s match. However, they have to make do without the services of Bogdan Viunnyk and Ilan Sauter for the upcoming game. Meanwhile, Arsenal have their own injury worries to deal with. Mohamed Elneny will be joined on the sidelines by Reiss Nelson and Thomas Partey. Besides, there are also question marks over the participation of Emile Smith Rowe. Nonetheless, Arsenal are expected to rotate the squad massively for the fixture in order to give the fringe players some playing time.
FC Zurich possible line-up: Brecher, Omeragic, Kryeziu, Mets, Boranijasevic, Dzemaili, Selnaes, Guerrero, Avdijaj, Tosin, Rohner
Arsenal possible line-up: Turner, Tomiyasu, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Xhaka, Lokonga, Saka, Vieira, Marquinhos, Nketiah
The Europa League match between FC Zurich and Arsenal will take place at Stadion Letzigrund on Thursday at 10:15 pm IST.
The live telecast of the Europa League match between FC Zurich and Arsenal is available on SONY TEN 1 HD, SONY TEN 1, Sony LIV, JioTV in India. Besides, the match can also be seen on Blue Sport, Blue Sport 1, RTL+ in Switzerland; and BT Sport 2, BT Sport App, BTSport.com, TalkSport Radio UK in the United Kingdom.
