Arsenal v Sporting betting tips: Gunners go through if they win

Preview and odds for Europa League clash

Arsenal will hope to book their spot in the Europa League knockout stage when they take on Sporting CP tonight.

Unai Emery’s Gunners have won all three games in Group E so far. A win tonight would see them guarantee themselves top spot.

Arsenal are unbeaten since August, and will be confident of extending that run tonight against a Sporting side who have already gone through two managers this season.

Tiago Fernandes is currently caretaker manager, with former Ajax boss Marcel Keizer reportedly close to agreeing a deal.

It’s all live on BT Sport tonight, with an 8:00pm kick-off.

Head-to-head

This is the fourth meeting between the teams. They met twice in the Fairs Cup in 1969, before last month’s clash in Lisbon.

Arsenal have never conceded a goal to Sporting, and head into this game on a 14-game unbeaten run.

Sporting have lost three of their last six games, and have failed to win their last six European games on British soil.

Likely XIs

Emery is likely to start Danny Welbeck up front again. The Englishman netted the only goal in the reverse tie, and seems to be enjoying his infrequent chances to impress.

The Arsenal manager must then choose between Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alex Iwobi or Emile Smith-Rowe to fill in the other spots in attack.

Nacho Monreal is back in training, but is unlikely to play tonight, with Sead Kolasinac continuing at left-back. Matteo Guendouzi, Aaron Ramsey and Mohamed Elneny will jostle for the midfield spots alongside Granit Xhaka.