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Girona vs Arsenal | Champions League | League Stage - Jan 29

Arsenal's final league phase matchup is against Girona's Montilivi base on Wednesday night, where they need just one point to guarantee their spot in the Champions League's round of 16.

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Girona vs Arsenal | Champions League

Match Details:

NAME: Girona vs Arsenal
DATE: Jan 29, 2025
TIME: 8pm UK
VENUE: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi

When is Girona vs Arsenal?

Girona vs Arsenal is scheduled for an 8pm UK kick-off on Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025.

How to watch?

SonyLiv in India, discovery+, discovery+ in UK, Paramount+ in the USA & DAZN Canada in Canada will all be airing live coverage of the event.

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Girona vs Arsenal Team News

Girona Team News

For Girona, Michel will be without Bryan Gil, an attacker for Tottenham Hotspur, who is suspended for one European match after receiving three yellow cards during the competition.

In addition to losing Daley Blind and starting goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga to injuries against Rayo Vallecano—the former pulled a muscle, while Gazzaniga was dealing with back pain—Gil's suspension is one of three new worries for the unfortunate hosts.

Michel was instantly more hopeful that Gazzaniga would make the squad this week, but there are also serious doubts about Miguel Gutierrez (ankle) and Ladislav Krejci (groin).

Arsenal Team News

The Arsenal academy graduate is free to play in the Champions League and should return to left-back before Calafiori replaces him against Manchester City in this weekend's Premier League matchup, since Lewis-Skelly's three-match suspension only applies to domestic games.

However, Gabriel Jesus (ACL), Bukayo Saka (hamstring), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee), and Ben White (knee) are still out, and Odegaard (illness) and Mikel Merino (knock) will both need to be evaluated after unexpectedly missing the Wolves victory.

Due to a lack of activity in the transfer market, Havertz has been given little relief up front. This week, he is attempting to score for the fourth consecutive Champions League match; the last German to do so was Marco Reus of Borussia Dortmund in 2015.

Girona vs Arsenal Match Summary

Highlights - Girona vs Arsenal

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Last time out in Europe, the third-place Gunners easily defeated Dinamo Zagreb 3-0, but their hosts lost to AC Milan 1-0 on matchday seven and are already guaranteed an early exit.

Arsenal is next in line at the gate as Liverpool and Barcelona ride off into the sunset of the last-16. Mikel Arteta's team is traveling to the Iberian Peninsula with the knowledge that a victory or a draw will send them to the next round without the need for a two-leg playoff.

While 16 teams compete in the playoffs next month, Arteta and company can begin planning their schedule for their annual trip to Dubai because it would take an incredible set of results for the Gunners to lose their hold on a top-eight spot, even if they lose.

On the the last matchday, Arsenal easily defeated Dinamo Zagreb 3-0, thanks in part to goals from Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, and Martin Odegaard. The Gunners made club history by winning three straight European Cup/Champions League games by a margin of at least three goals for the first time.

Arsenal demonstrated their scoring ability in Saturday's Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, where they overcame a highly contentious Myles Lewis-Skelly dismissal and won 1-0 thanks to a brilliant Riccardo Calafiori goal. Arsenal has yet to give up from open play in this season's competition.

Even though it will take some effort to defeat Liverpool in the Premier League, Arteta's team has now won three of their last four games and is still in the running for a brilliant Premier League and UCL double after only winning one of their first four games of 2025.

In the 2024–25 Champions League, where last season's La Liga surprise package has been put through multiple reality checks, including their most recent matchup with AC Milan, Liverpool is one of six teams to defeat hosts Girona.

Although the seven-time European champions did not blow the White and Reds to pieces, Rafael Leao's goal in the first half was sufficient to condemn them to another 1-0 loss—the same score they suffered against Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain.

After their early elimination, Michel's 29th-placed team is only playing for pride on Wednesday after Girona's only victory in Europe this season came against Slovan Bratislava, one of two teams with zero points on the board.

Girona may now become the first team from one of Europe's big five leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, and Ligue 1) to lose five straight Champions League games without scoring. They have also scored zero goals in their last four European losses.

The hosts, who have also seen a significant decline in their La Liga results this season, lost to Rayo Vallecano 2-1 on the weekend, dropping them to eighth place in the standings. This underscores the challenges that Champions League newcomers frequently encounter in balancing their domestic and continental obligations.

Predicted starting lineup

Girona possible starting lineup:

P. Lopez; Martinez, D. Lopez, Juanpe, Frances; Romeu, Herrera; Tsygankov, Van de Beek, Danjuma; Ruiz

Arsenal possible starting lineup:

Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Jorginho, Rice; Nwaneri, Havertz, Martinelli

Girona vs Arsenal