UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Arsenal WWWWW 3
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Slavia Prague LDDLD 0
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ARS123
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Fortuna Arena · 19,222 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Mikel Merino steps up as Arsenal cruise past Slavia Prague

Arsenal took another step towards the Champions League round-of-16 with a 3-0 win over Slavia Prague on a night when more records tumbled.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
24
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
5
56.9
Possession
43.1
14
SHOTS
9
8
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.1
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
274
Accurate Passes
187
344
Passes
258
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
46
16
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
5
Effective Tackles
11
10
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
4
20
Effective Clearances
32
20
Clearances
32

Highlights

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Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

SLP · 3-4-3

  1. 35Jakub MarkovicG
  2. 2Stepán ChaloupekCD
  3. 4David ZimaCD-L
  4. 27Tomás VlcekCD-R
  5. 23Michal SadílekCM-L
  6. 10Christos ZafeirisCM-R
  7. 12Youssoupha MbodjiLM
  8. 16David MosesRM
  9. 25Tomás ChorýF
  10. 11Youssoupha SanyangCF-L
  11. 17Lukás ProvodCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 36Jindrich StanekSUB
  2. 18Jan BorilSUB
  3. 7Muhammed-Cham SaracevicSUB
  4. 9Vasil KusejSUB
  5. 31Erik PrekopSUB
  6. 21David DouderaSUB
  7. 13Mojmír ChytilSUB
  8. 43Tomáš JelínekSUB
  9. 8Daiki HashiokaSUB
  10. 44Jakub KolísekSUB
  11. 30Daniel ToulaSUB
  12. 40Adam RezekSUB

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 5Piero HincapiéLB
  5. 12Jurriën TimberRB
  6. 16Christian NørgaardCM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 22Ethan NwaneriRM
  9. 23Mikel MerinoF
  10. 19Leandro TrossardLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Substitutes

  1. 35Tommy SetfordSUB
  2. 10Eberechi EzeSUB
  3. 71Andre AnnousSUB
  4. 53Charles Sagoe JuniorSUB
  5. 56Max DowmanSUB
  6. 4Ben WhiteSUB
  7. 3Cristhian MosqueraSUB
  8. 33Riccardo CalafioriSUB
  9. 51Alexei RojasSUB
  10. 49Myles Lewis-SkellySUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Goal! Slavia Prague 0, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 37' Mikel Merino (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 46' Goal! Slavia Prague 0, Arsenal 2. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leandro Trossard with a cross.
  5. 49' Substitution, Slavia Prague. Mojmír Chytil replaces Tomás Chory because of an injury.
  6. 65' Substitution, Arsenal. Eberechi Eze replaces Ethan Nwaneri.
  7. 68' Goal! Slavia Prague 0, Arsenal 3. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Declan Rice following a set piece situation.
  8. 70' Christos Zafeiris (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 70' Substitution, Slavia Prague. Muhammed Cham replaces Christos Zafeiris.
  10. 70' Substitution, Slavia Prague. David Doudera replaces Tomás Vlcek.
  11. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Max Dowman replaces Leandro Trossard.
  12. 73' Substitution, Arsenal. Myles Lewis-Skelly replaces Piero Hincapié.
  13. 73' Substitution, Arsenal. Ben White replaces Jurriën Timber.
  14. 74' Substitution, Slavia Prague. Daiki Hashioka replaces David Moses because of an injury.
  15. 74' Substitution, Slavia Prague. Vasil Kusej replaces Youssoupha Sanyang.
  16. 75' Christian Nørgaard (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 79' Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 81' Substitution, Arsenal. Andre Harriman-Annous replaces Declan Rice.
  19. 83' David Doudera (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+6' Youssoupha Mbodji (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card.

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