Arsenal vs. Olympiacos
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Kick off: 7:45pm
Nigerian striker, Brown Ideye, will be in hot chase for goals as his Olympiakos outfit seeks for first group point in the UEFA Champions League tie on Tuesday (today).
Ideye will attempt to prove his worth after failing to hit the back of the net in their 0-3 loss to Bayern Munich in their opening match in Group F.
The defeat is the Greek side’s only loss so far this season, as the club has had a 100 per cent record from their first five outings in the league, including an emphatic 5-1 victory over PAS Giannina at the weekend.
Arsenal and Olympiacos will both be looking for their first win in the group stage of the Champions League when they meet at the Emirates.
Both teams were beaten on the first match day of the competition, leaving them third and fourth in the Group F table respectively.
Arsenal suffered a 2-1 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in their opening match of the group stage, finishing the game with 10 men after Olivier Giroud was sent off.
The Gunners have had mixed results in the Premier League since that defeat, losing 2-0 to Chelsea before beating Leicester City in high-scoring match at the King Power Stadium last weekend.
While Arsenal have been short of strikers in the opening weeks of the season, Theo Walcott has scored in three of the team’s last four matches, while Alexis Sanchez netted a hat-trick in the win over Leicester.
Arsene Wenger’s side have been eliminated from the Champions League in the round of 16 for the last five seasons, being knocked out on away goals by AS Monaco last year after the two-legged tie finished 3-3.
Arsenal were the runners-up in the group stage last season, losing just one of their six fixtures, while scoring 15 goals, but conceding eight – twice as many as Borussia Dortmund, who finished top.
It was a summer of change for the Greek club, having appointed Marco Silva as manager in July.
There were also a string of new signings, including midfielder Pajtim Kasami from Fulham, Leicester City’s Esteban Cambiasso and Ideye from West Bromwich Albion.
Olympiacos have reached the knockout stage of the Champions League just once since 2010, while reaching the round of 32 in the Europa League last year.
Arsenal possible starting lineup: Martinez, Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Bellerin, Coquelin, Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott.
Olympiacos possible starting lineup: Roberto, Elabdellaoui, Botia, Siovas, Masuaku, Cambiasso, Salino, Kasami, Fortounis, Pardo, Ideye.
