Atletico Madrid vs Arsenal LIVE: Group information and updates for Champions League semi-final

The large query is whether or not Ademola Lookman can characteristic having sat out the weekend La Liga win towards Athletic Membership owing to a muscle challenge. Julian Alvarez is anticipated to be concerned having shaken off a thigh challenge.

Defenders Jose Gimenez and David Hancko may return too following accidents however Pablo Barrios is not going to be within the engine room owing to a hamstring pressure.

Eberechi Eze got here off after scoring the winner towards Newcastle United on Saturday, a nervy end result that moved Arsenal again to the Premier League’s summit. However he’s apparently advantageous to characteristic tonight. There may be much less optimistic information round Kai Havertz although. The Germany star additionally hobbled off on the weekend and isn’t concerned this night.

Riccardo Calafiori is again in coaching and will return to the bench, although Jurrien Timber and Mikel Merino stay absent.

After the highest-scoring semi-final sport within the competitors’s historical past, the expectation from all quarters is that tonight’s match might be a little bit extra, effectively, measured. No much less intense, after all, however as a substitute of the assault after assault method at Parc des Princes, the Metropolitano ought to see two groups extra keen to maintain issues a bit tighter.

A prediction is tough past feeling assured that the tie might be very a lot alive for subsequent week’s second leg in north London.

Welcome to The Unbiased’s protection of tonight’s Champions League motion as Arsenal tackle Atletico Madrid within the second semi-final tie.

Yesterday noticed an exhilarating first leg play out between PSG and Bayern Munich because the reigning champions received 5-4 in Paris to take a slim lead into the second leg in Germany subsequent week.

Now the onus is on the Gunners and Atleti to duplicate the thrilling nature of that tie once they come face-to-face this night.

We’ll have all of the workforce information, line-ups and newest updates so persist with us as we construct as much as kick off at 8pm.