Arsenal travel to Borisov Arena on the back of a narrow 1-2 win over Huddersfield Town, where first-half goals from Alex Iwobi and Alexandre Lacazette proved enough for the points and a return to the winning ways after a disappointing trip to Manchester City and a 3-1 loss the week before.The Gunners have thus struggled for consistency on the road and the win at Terriers only being the second in eight trips across competitions proves the point already. However, they’ll now hope BATE will not be the same sort of a challenge and Unai Emery will want his men to show their class in Belarus.
Head To Head
The two teams were drawn against each other for last season’s group stages, and Arsenal prevailed in each encounter and scored a total of 10 goals.Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud both got on the scoresheet in a 4-2 win in Belarus, before a 6-0 triumph was registered in North London in December.
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BATE lineup:
Scherbitski; Rios, Volkov, Filipenko, Filipovic; Baga, Dragun, Ivanic; Skavysh, Dubajic, Stasevich
Arsenal lineup:
Leno; Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Maitland-Niles, Torreira, Guendouzi, Kolasinac; Suarez, Ozil, Aubameyang
BATE Borisov vs Arsenal: Head-to-head
This will be the sides’ third head-to-head clash and Arsenal bagged wins on both occasions.Gunners earned a thriller 2-4 win on their only trip to this ground so far in September 2017.We’ve seen a total of 12 goals in the two matchups, which does promise an exciting game now as well.
