Goal! Arsenal 1, Zürich 0. Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
The left back, Kieran Tierney has scores a wonderful goal to put Arsenal in front against swiss team, Zurich. It was 17-th minute when Tierney with a beautiful shot outside the box beat the goalkepper and scores. Arsenal having great game in the start. With a win, Arsenal will finish the group in first place.
Tierney’s goal to make it 1-0. #afc pic.twitter.com/xSt4dT5YOD
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Arsenal are creating chances to score and looks like they will score more tonight.
You can read more about stats and line ups here:
Both teams have published their starting line ups. For the first time, Arsenal’s captain will be Gabriel Jesus.
The Gunners lead the group but will be keen to win their final game to make sure PSV are unable to leapfrog them.
Mikel Arteta’s side were handed their first defeat of the competition last time out, losing 2-0 against the Dutch outfit.
Arsenal’s victory against Zürich on MD1 was the first meeting between these sides.
Arsenal have now won all seven of their matches against Swiss clubs, the most games they’ve played against teams from a particular nation while winning each time.
Arsenal have lost just one of their last 19 group stage matches at home in major European competitions (W15 D3), while they have won each of their last five such games.
Zürich have won only one of their last 17 away games in major European competitions (D3 L13), beating AEK Larnaca in this competition back in September 2018.
Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three home matches in Europe, their longest run since a five-game stretch between November 2018 and April 2019.
Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Vieira, Elneny, Lokonga, Nelson, Jesus, Nketiah.
Subs: Hein, Hillson, Partey, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Saliba, Cedric, Tomiyasu, Marquinhos, Zinchenko, Smith.
