Arsenal vs Monaco | Champions League | League Stage - 11 Dec. 2024

The UEFA Champions League resumes play this week with a crucial matchup between AS Monaco and Mikel Arteta's Arsenal team on Wednesday at the Emirates Stadium. Both teams are committed to winning this game and have talented players on their lineups.

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Gunners will be sure to exact revenge. Since their first three away league games against Newcastle in the Premier League, which took place between 1994 and 1996, they have not suffered a loss in a row.

It was not impossible for Arsenal and Sporting Lisbon to score six goals at the Estadio Jose Alvalade prior to kickoff on Champions League matchday five, but few would have predicted that five of those attempts would go to the men in red and white.

But Mikel Arteta's team destroyed the Primeira Liga powerhouses last time out in Europe because the Green and Whites were no longer held together by Ruben Amorim's glue. The Gunners thrashed Sporting 5-1 to move into the coveted top eight spots.

Arsenal has scored in each of their last 11 Champions League home games, outscored both Shakhtar Donetsk and Paris Saint-Germain in the UCL home affairs season, and only Barcelona and Bayern Munich have won more top-tier European games on their home field than Arsenal's six since the 2023–24 season began.

Arsenal, who once struggled for shutouts at the Emirates Stadium, have now won seven of their last eight games at their headquarters, managed four clean sheets in their last six games in front of the North London crowd, and have not lost at home in any tournament this season.

However, the Gunners' ability to score goals on the road failed them this past weekend as they were denied a late victory in a 1-1 Premier League draw with Fulham. If the Reds win their game in hand, they could now fall nine points behind leaders Liverpool.

Only a slightly worse goal differential is keeping Monaco below Arsenal, who have ten points from five Champions League games so far this season, as Adi Hutter's team looks to make amends for their most recent continental match.

Les Monegasques lost 3-2 to Benfica when they visited the Stade Louis II, allowing 1-0 and 2-1 leads to slip as Burnley loanee Zeki Amdouni completed an incredible Eagles comeback, while their expected hosts destroyed Portuguese opposition on matchday five.

Les Monegasques have established themselves as serious contenders for PSG's title, and they are now attempting to win Champions League away games for the first time since the 2014–15 season. They are currently tied with second-place Marseille and five points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain in the Ligue 1 table.

In February 2015, the visitors defeated Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates before losing 2-0 at home in the second leg of that last-16 match, which still sent Wenger's team out on away goals. This was the last time the visitors had won back-to-back UCL games on the road.

Match Details:
NAME: Arsenal vs Monaco
DATE: Dec 11, 2024
TIME: 8pm UK
VENUE: Emirates Stadium

When is Arsenal vs Monaco?

Arsenal vs Monaco is scheduled for an 8pm UK kick-off on Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024.

How to watch?

SonyLiv in India, TNT Sports in UK,the game is not televised in US & DAZN in Canada will all be airing live coverage of the event.

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Arsenal vs Monaco Team News

Arsenal Team News

Oleksandr Zinchenko suffered a late injury in Arsenal's match against Fulham, forcing Arteta to make his ninth different defense of the Premier League season. Zinchenko is also doubtful for the match against Monaco.

Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu will undoubtedly miss this game due to knee injuries, while Gabriel Magalhaes and Riccardo Calafiori are in a similar situation. Arteta's defensive situation may force him to make a last-minute addition.

Although Myles Lewis-Skelly is another option at the back, Kieran Tierney was chosen for Arsenal's Champions League squad and will undoubtedly be considered for a starting spot on Wednesday.

Given that neither Thomas Partey nor Jurrien Timber trained on Tuesday, it appears that Arsenal's situation has gotten worse ahead of Hutter's team's visit. As a result, Josh Robinson or Josh Nichols may be promoted from the Under-21s to start at right-back.

Monaco Team News

Due to Singo's ban after his red card and Christian Mawissa's suspension even if for a to the little of bookings, Monaco will also be playing with a reduced defense on Wednesday, different reasons.

As a result, Hutter will have to start Mohammed Salisu and Thilo Kehrer in the middle of the backline, while Folarin Balogun will not be able to play against his old team again because of a shoulder injury.

The absences of Edan Diop (foot), Krepin Diatta (muscle), and Denis Zakaria (unspecified) further devastate Monaco's roster, but the visitors have a 19-year-old gem in Eliesse Ben Seghir, who could become just the second teenager after Kylian Mbappe to score in back-to-back Champions League games for Les Monegasques.

Arsenal vs Monaco Match Summary

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