Arsenal head to Belgium on Thursday night knowing that only a calamitous result against Standard Liege will deny them progress to the Europa League knockout stages.
The Gunners started Group F in perfect fashion with three victories, but have collected just one point from their last two continental games as a 2-1 home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt ultimately cost Unai Emery his job.
Freddie Ljungberg remains in temporary charge as interim head coach, and the former Arsenal midfielder needs a result with his tenure currently being evaluated game by game.
Arsenal would need to lose 5-0 to Standard along with a win for Eintracht to miss out on the round-of-32 draw, but one or two goals against a nervy defence
Europa League preview
Standard Liege vs Arsenal
Venue: Stade Maurice Durfasne
Date: Thursday, 12 December, 2019
Kick-off time: 5:55pm GMT
Prediction
Standard 1-2 Arsenal: The Gunners thrashed the Belgians 4-0 at the Emirates in October, but much has changed since then. An injury-hit defence could prove problematic for the visitors, but they should see out the win to go through.
Betting tips and odds
Match odds
- Arsenal to win: 11/10
- Draw: Between 13/1 and 16/5
- Standard to win: 5/2
| Scoreline | Arsenal win | Standard win | Draw |
| 1-0 | 12/1 | 13/1 | 17/1 | 18/1 | 0-0 (20/1) |
| 2-0 | 14/1 | 26/1 | 1-1 (8/1) |
| 2-1 | 13/1 | 13/1 | 2-2 (13/1) |
| 3-0 | 59/1 | 59/1 |
Odds provided by Betfair Exchange. Click here to place a bet. Odds correct as of December 11.
Tickets
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Team news
Standard Liege XI: Bodart; Fai, Vanheusden, Laifis, Gavory; Carcela, Bastien, Amallah, Cimirot, Mpoku; Emond
Subs: Gillet, Lavalee, Cop, Boljevic, Lestienne, Avenatti, Vojvoda
Arsenal XI: Martinez; Sokratis, David Luiz, Mavropanos, Maitland-Niles, Willock, Guendouzi, Saka; Nelson, Lacazette, Smith Rowe
Subs: Leno, Aubameyang, Chambers, Martinelli, John-Jules, Medley, Olayinka
TV channel/live stream
The match will be shown live on BT Sport 2, with coverage from 5:30pm for a 5:55pm kick-off.
BT Sport subscribers will be able to live stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
You can also follow all the action on our LIVE match blog with James Olley in Belgium.
Head to head (H2H) results history
Arsenal have won all five meetings with Standard, scoring 19 goals and conceding just twice.
The last meeting saw the Gunners win 4-0 at the Emirates on October 3.
