Slavia Prague v Arsenal: Champions League Matchweek 4 preview, team news and prediction
Slavia Prague will host Arsenal at the Fortuna Arena in Prague on Thursday, 5 November at 1:30 a.m. IST in Matchweek 4 of the UEFA Champions League 2026-27. The Czech side have one point from three group matches while Arsenal arrive looking for a win.
Slavia lost to Lens and Sabah and drew their most recent group game against Fenerbahce, leaving them in the lower section of the group with a solitary point from three games. Jindřich Trpišovský’s team have lost two of their last 16 matches and the report notes their recent domestic form has been phenomenal. Arsenal are listed seventh in the competition table after a 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich in which Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice scored for the Gunners. The Premier League side are coming off a win over Liverpool in the English top flight. In their last two meetings the English club won by a combined 7-0.
Across all competitions Slavia's recent sequence is given as W-W-D-D-D while Arsenal's form reads W-D-W-D-W. The Slavia squad includes Moses Usor, described as a Nigerian youngster who was one of the standout performers last season as Slavia secured back-to-back Czech top-tier titles. The article states Usor regularly starts for Trpišovský in high-stakes matches and that his principal role will be to sit just in front of the central defenders and close down spaces for attacking midfielders such as Ødegaard.
Noni Madueke is noted as having moved from Chelsea to Arsenal last season and is reported to have started the new campaign strongly, with two goals in 11 games across all competitions. The write-up adds that Madueke’s principal attacking method is cutting inside onto his stronger left foot to take quick shots toward the far corner. The piece identifies him as a key player for Mikel Arteta to watch as Arsenal pursue a positive result in Prague.
Injury absences for Slavia are listed as Elias Pitak, Ivan Schranz and Igoh Ogbu, all sidelined with injury concerns. Arsenal are stated to be without Bukayo Saka and William Saliba through injury. Slavia’s named starting XI is Jovan Marković (GK); Štěpán Vlček, David Zima, Axel Guessand; Abdallah Suleiman, Moses Usor, Filip Nowak, Mateusz Kubiak; Divine Agyei-Agyemang, Lukáš Šturm; Lukáš Provod. Arsenal’s starting lineup is David Raya (GK); Jurriën Timber, Ezri Konsa, Gabriel Magalhães, Riccardo Calafiori; Declan Rice, Bruno Guimarães; Max Dowman, Martin Ødegaard, Noni Madueke; Kai Havertz.
The preview states Arsenal are the favourites to win in Prague and comments that, despite Slavia’s home advantage, the Gunners have a significantly stronger team on paper and have been in red-hot form in the continental top tier. The prediction provided in the article is Slavia Prague 0-3 Arsenal.
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