Slavia Prague vs Arsenal prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-11-03 17:45.
[p]Two sides who pride themselves on their watertight defences meet in the UEFA Champions League (UCL), as Arsenal look to keep up their perfect start when they travel to Slavia Prague.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Slavia Prague are arguably Arsenal’s Czech equivalents, as they’ve kept five successive clean sheets across all competitions and have lost just once all season (W10, D8). Yet the Czech champions are yet to win in the UCL this season (D2, L1), failing to score twice therein, helping contribute to a 14-match winless run in the main draw of this competition dating back to September 2007 (D6, L8). It’s the joint-longest such run of any Czech side, and while a huge challenge awaits, home comforts should help Slavia given that they’ve not been beaten on their own turf since April (W9, D3).[/p]
[p]After several near misses in recent seasons, Arsenal’s maturation appears complete as they’ve impressively won nine successive matches across all competitions while conceding just one goal after a 2-0 win against Burnley on Saturday. Mikel Arteta’s side have been faultless in the UCL, winning all three games without reply including a statement 4-0 thrashing of Atlético Madrid on matchday three. The Gunners are looking to become just the second English team in the history of Europe’s premier club competition to win their first four games of a season without conceding, and a strong return of five wins from their last six UCL away games (L1) would suggest history beckons.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Slavia are winless in four prior H2Hs (D2, L2) and have also failed to win their last seven home games against English sides while scoring just once. Arsenal are unbeaten in ten matches against Czech sides (W8, D2), keeping eight clean sheets.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Pre-round, only one side has conceded more xG than Slavia in this season’s UCL (9.3).[/p]
[p]Slavia have scored 2+ goals in 11 of their last 12 home games.[/p]
[p]Seven of Arsenal’s eight UCL goals this term came after half-time.[/p]
[p]Arsenal have only kept one clean sheet in their last seven UCL away matches.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]MojmĂr Chytil is in line for his first UCL start of the season after scoring in back-to-back games for Slavia – three of his four goals this term have been match openers inside 20 minutes. Arsenal’s set-piece prowess owes much to Declan Rice, who has been involved in five goals this season (G2, A3) including assisting the opener against Atleti on matchday three. [/p]
[p]Slavia’s lengthy injury list is headlined by recent issues for Youssoupha Mbodji and Jan BoĹ™il, while Arsenal have doubts over MartĂn Zubimendi and Viktor Gyökeres after they were both withdrawn at the weekend.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]We expect Slavia to have no answer for the Gunners’ unstoppable form, so backing a handicap Arsenal victory would make sense here.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]