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Last Word on Football brings you the latest team news and the predicted lineups for Slavia Praha vs Arsenal in the 20:00 Champions League kick-off slot on November 4. The home side are currently top of the Czech top flight and remain unbeaten in 13 league games. In the Champions League so far, they have only collected one point, against Fenerbahce. The Gunners top the Premier League and remain unbeaten in this year’s Champions League.
Team News and Predicted Lineups for Slavia Praha vs Arsenal
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
Venue: Fortuna Arena.
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT.
Last meeting: November 4, 2025, Slavia Praha 0-3 Arsenal.
Referee: Tobias Stieler.
Current odds: Arsenal 1/5, Praha 10/1, Draw 11/2.
Slavia Praha Team News
Slavia Praha have never won in the Champions League, a streak of 19 years, and 22 games. Their manager, Jindrich Trpisovsky, has spoken about the streak in the build-up to this game: “The longer it gets, the more unpleasant it is. The streak is long and as we keep talking about it, I brood over it more than in the past. We know how tough European games are and how hard you must work to win.
“In some games we were on the front foot and we got beaten. This is the beauty of football. Everything has to go our way and we need to give 100% and then we can succeed in any game.”
It remains to be seen if Tomas Chory will be recalled following his raising of a middle finger to a referee last month, which saw him disciplined by his club, and having not played since. Jakub Markovic and Lukas Provod are back in training and in contention for the visit of Arsenal.
Ange N’Guessan is a doubt after coming off injured against Jablonek. Igoh Ogbu, Elias Pitak, Hamidou Kante and Bryan Ouanda all look set to miss out through injury, while the Arsenal game may have come too soon for winger Ivan Schranz.
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Arsenal Team News
Ahead of Slavia Praha vs Arsenal, Mikel Arteta spoke to the press about William Saliba being back with the group:
“He’s in a really good place. I think the process and the timings and in the manner the injury has been dealt with, and especially the feelings that Willy has been having along the way, they’ve been very, very positive. So, his evolution has been as expected, which is not always the case. He feels very comfortable. He played 45 minutes [behind] closed doors last week and he feels ready to go. So whether we use him or not now is a matter of what the team needs.”
Arteta also discussed Martin Zubimendi’s role going forward:
“He’s a very important player for us. He’s been a bit unlucky with what happened with the ankle, with the nose afterwards. He had some minutes as well and we have options in midfield. Like anybody else, everybody has to be ready. Everybody is going to have the chances to play. Then it’s about performing and helping the team to win football matches. But his energy, his application and his will to help are unquestionable, and he’s an unbelievable player for us.”
On whether Max Dowman is ready to start in the Champions League, Arteta said:
“It’s another year in his career and he’s shown that every time he’s played with us, he has a lot to offer. So that would be now a matter of a choice from my side to pick him.”
Slavia Praha Predicted Lineup
Domchak, Vlcek, Holes, Zima, Suleiman, Moses, Sadilek, Kubiak, Ayaosi, Sturm, Nowak.
Arsenal Predicted Lineup
Raya, White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Hincapie, Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Madueke, Merino, Eze, Gyokeres.
The Last Word: Prediction for Slavia Praha vs Arsenal
Slavia Praha are once again searching for that maiden Champions League win, but we believe it’s not going to come against Arsenal. Mikel Arteta’s team are unbeaten in this year’s competition and are top of the Premier League. The Gunners will likely rotate for this game, but they have more than enough to get the three points.
If selected as expected, this will be a huge opportunity for Viktor Gyokeres to play his way back into Arteta’s regular starting lineup. We are backing Arsenal to get the job done, and relatively comfortably.
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