Who will start for Arsenal against Galatasaray? All you need to know about the Emirates clash

Arsenal continue their Champions League campaign with their first home clash of the group stage.

Tonight they host Galatasaray knowing only a win will do if they are to battle their way back into Group D.

Here's everything you need to know about tonight's clash:

What time does it start?

The match will kick off at the Emirates Stadium at 7:45pm.

What channel is it on?

Coverage of the game will begin on Sky Sports 1 at 7pm.

Facts and stats

• This will be only the second occasion that these two sides have met in a European game - the first being the 2000 UEFA Cup final that ended 0-0 before Galatasaray won 4–1 on penalties.
• Excluding penalty shootouts, Arsenal have never lost a game against a Turkish opponent (W5 D4), keeping a clean sheet in eight of these nine games.
• The Gunners have won just one of their last six Champions League games (W1 D2 L3 incl. qualifiers); this victory came against Turkish opposition in Beskitas, however.
• Galatasaray have never won a European game away against an English side (D3 L6).

• The Turkish side are three goals away from the 100-goal mark in the Champions League (97).
• Of the 32 teams in the 2014-15 Champions League, Galatasaray have been given a red card the most frequently on average (one every six games).
• Burak Yilmaz scored his ninth Champions League goal on MD1 against Anderlecht. Only one Turkish player has scored more goals in the Champions League - Hakan Sükür (13).
• Galatasaray have kept a clean sheet in one of their last 14 Champions League games.
• Mesut Özil has had a hand in a goal every 243 mins in the CL for Arsenal. At Real Madrid, this ratio was a goal or assist every 129 mins.

Predicted line-ups

Ones to watch

Wesley Sneijder: The Holland playmaker is 30 but still has so much quality as he showed yet again during the World Cup.

Goran Pandev: Signed a two-year contract in the summer, still a threat up front.

Alex Telles: An attacking Brazilian left-back who could be up against dangerous Arsenal winger Alexis Sanchez. Sure to be a key battle tonight.

Previous meetings

1999/00:

• Arsenal 0-0 Galatasaray (1-4 pens) (UEFA Cup final)

See the best pictures from the clash with Dortmund last time out:

Who's saying what?

Arsene Wenger: "For the rest, Champions League evolution, maybe it was more open 15 years ago than it is today. The concentration of the big players in a small number of clubs is much more than it was before. It’s much more predictable, the outcome of the Champions League, than it was 10 years ago. It’s harder to win it. If you make a poll tomorrow and say to people “Give me four clubs who will win the Champions League”, 80 or 90 per cent of people will say they are these four clubs. I don’t think that we are one of the four who will be favourites to win it, but football is strange and not always predictable."

Cesare Prandelli: "We are playing against a quality, experienced team at their own ground, and so will have to be a bit more controlled in our game. We should be running enough to close all of the gaps and we should play our own game. We will make sure whenever we lose the ball, we will get it back quicker. We have to be brave, to be courageous and make sure we play our own style. For us, it is important to get out as a team, to defend strong. We must have respect, that is important, but not be afraid. We have a good team, we can play against every team and it is going to be in our hands."

What's on the line?

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Dortmund	1	1	0	0	2	0	3
Anderlecht	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
Galatasaray	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	2	0

Who's going to win?

Arsenal: 8/15

Galatasaray: 11/2

Draw: 3/1

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