Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Arsenal travel to Fortuna Arena to take on Slavia Prague in the Champions League, with Isaan Khan reporting from the ground.
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Trpisovsky: 'Arsenal are very complete'
By Lewis Browning
Jindrich Trpisovsky, Slavia Prague manager:
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Arteta: 'They are used to playing together'
By Lewis Browning
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal manager:
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Arsenal in the house
By Lewis Browning
And the Gunners are here!
I said this the last time I covered them live, but I really do love their tracksuits.
What do you make of their starting side tonight?
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Breaking:Arsenal team news: Merino STARTS
By Lewis Browning
Here's the team Mikel Arteta has picked for Arsenal to start today.
Mikel Merino is the man chosen to deputise for Gyokeres. Piero Hincapie gets the nod at left back ahead of Myles Lewis-Skelly, who has been on European duty, and Timber is preferred to White on the right.
Christian Norgaard gets a rare start too, as does Ethan Nwaneri.
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The scene is set
By Lewis Browning
This is where the two teams will be facing off tonight - a nice 19,300-seater named the Fortuna Arena.
This is very much the calm before the storm, because Slavia Prague have been able to rely on their home support to help them deliver some fantastic home form of late.
So be ready!
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A look at Slavia Prague
By Lewis Browning
Czech side Slavia Prague have two points from their first three Champions League matches and sit 28th in the standings.
They kicked off the campaign with a 2-2 draw at home with Bodo/Glimt, before losing 3-0 against last year's finalists, Inter Milan.
Last time out, they drew 0-0 with Atalanta.
Jindrich Trpisovsky's side are top of the Czech Liga standings with an impressive eight wins and six draws from their 14 matches so far, but need to up their form in Europe.
Clearly hard to beat - but the Gunners shouldn't have too many issues tonight.
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Key man OUT
By Lewis Browning
That Atletico game included a brace from Viktor Gyokeres, who has seemingly started to find his grove in the last few games.
After that Atletico game, he failed to find the net against Crystal Palace, but did so against Burnley at the weekend.
He was looking in fine form... until he was subbed off with an injury at half-time. We understand he didn't train yesterday, and he is expected to be out until after the international break.
A big blow for the Gunners.
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Gunners' perfect start
By Lewis Browning
It's been three games, three wins, three clean sheets for the Gunners so far this season.
They started off their campaign away at Athletic Club, winning 2-0 and following that up with another 2-0 victory, this time over Olympiacos at the Emirates.
Last time out, they thrashed Atletico Madrid, beating Diego Simeone's side 4-0. I really would expect a similar sort of result here.
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The Champions League returns!
By Lewis Browning
Hit that theme tune. Good afternoon one and all and welcome to Daily Mail Sport's live coverage of Arsenal's latest Champions League game!
The Gunners travel to Czechia today to take on Slavia Prague, with a perfect record behind them in Europe's premier competition, sitting pretty on pretty much every front!
They will be expected to pick up three more points tonight and edge closer to qualification for the last-16. We'll see how they get on!
Kick-off is set for 5:45pm, so stay with us for all the team news, build up and coverage!
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