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Club Brugge v Arsenal: Line-ups, stats and preview

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Club Brugge v Arsenal: Line-ups, stats and preview

Preview for Club Brugge v Arsenal

Club Brugge will have a familiar face in the dugout tomorrow night with Ivan Leko brought back to replace Nicky Hayen.

Hayen was sacked yesterday despite leading the club to a dramatic league title last season after succeeding Ronny Deila in March. The weekend defeat against St Truidense meant the end for the 45-year-old with Leko, who led Club Brugge from 2017 to 2019, brought back from Gent.

Gent reacted with surprise and claimed to know nothing about it.

Chairman Sam Baro said: “I just learned through the press that Nicky Hayen has been dismissed from Club Brugge and that Ivan Leko is his successor. I’m as stunned as anyone. I can only say that Club Brugge hasn’t contacted us.”

Leko’s first task will be to try to put a dent in Arsenal’s 100 per cent Champions League record.

The Gunners sit at the top of the table having won all of their first five games, conceding just one goal in the process.

But they go into the contest on the back of Saturday’s stunning last-gasp defeat at Aston Villa – their first loss in 18 games.

Team News for Club Brugge v Arsenal

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is set to make several changes with Arsenal in a strong position and the weekend clash with Wolves in mind.

Viktor Gyokeres is likely to start, as is Christian Norgaard. Gabriel, Kai Havertz and Cristhian Mosquera are all unavailable. Declan Rice, Leandro Trossard and William Saliba did not train with the rest of the squad this morning and are unlikely to play.

Club Brugge have a goalkeeping problem with both Nordin Jackers and Simon Mignolet out.

Predicted line-ups for Club Brugge v Arsenal

Club Brugge: Van den Heuvel; Siquet, Mechele, Ordonez, Seys; Stankovic, Onyedika; Forbs, Vanaken, Tzolis; Tresoldi

Arsenal: Arrizabalaga; White, Timber, Hincapie, Calafiori; Norgaard, Odegaard, Madueke, Eze, Martinelli; Gyokeres

Viktor Gyokeres of Arsenal

How to watch Club Brugge v Arsenal: TV and online streams

Kick-off on Wednesday is at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate and the Discovery Plus app.

TNT Sports costs £29.99 a month through Discovery Plus, which includes Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.

Stats for Club Brugge v Arsenal

  • Club Brugge have only won one of their last 18 matches against English opposition (D3 L14)
  • Arsenal’s last defeat against a Belgian side came in October 1981 
  • Club Brugge have conceded 24 Champions League goals in 11 games in 2025, with only Barcelona (27 in 13 games) conceding more
  • Arsenal are the only side with a 100% win record in the Champions League this season, winning all five matches

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Arsenal

The hosts will be buoyed by the return of Leko but it’s a tough ask for them to see off an Arsenal side that have blazed a trail through Europe this season.

Even though Arteta will make changes, Arsenal will still be able to field a strong XI that ought to be good enough to claim the three points.

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