Club Brugge vs Arsenal: Confirmed starting line-ups in Champions League

Arsenal are aiming to stay perfect in this season’s Champions League when the leaders visit Club Brugge on Wednesday.

The Premier League leaders top the standings in Europe and could qualify for the last 16 automatically with two matches to spare on Matchweek 6.

Brugge, who replaced manager Nicky Hayen with former Croatia international Ivan Leko – previously in charge between 2017 and 2019 – are two points from the play-off places after taking four points from their first five matches.

101GreatGoals.com has full team news from Brugge vs Arsenal in the Champions League. You can also follow live text updates from the game here.

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Club Brugge starting lineup vs Arsenal

Former Liverpool man Simon Mignolet lines up against the Gunners as they are welcomed to Belgium.

Club Brugge starting XI: Mignolet, Siquet, Ordonez, Mechele, Seys, Onyedika, Stankovic, Forbs, Tresoldi, Tzolis

Brugge substitutes: Van Den Heuvel, De Corte, Meijer, Spileers, Romero, Sabbe, Vetlesen, Sandra, Furo, Campbell, Diakhon, Nilsson

Arsenal starting lineup vs Brugge

There is plenty of rotation for Mikel Arteta’s side. Bukayo Saka drops out for a rest, but Martin Odegaard remains in the midfield.

Viktor Gyokeres also starts alongside Gabriel Martinelli and Noni Madueke.

Arsenal starting XI: Raya, White, Norgaard, Hincapie, Lewis-Skelly, Zubimendi, Merino, Odegaard, Madueke, Martinelli, Gyokeres

Arsenal substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Setford, Saka, Jesus, Eze, Nwaneri, Calafiori, Copley, Nichols, Salmon

How to watch Brugge vs Arsenal: Live online stream, TV channel

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 2 and the Discovery Plus app.

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

Club Brugge vs Arsenal stats

• Brugge have won only one of their last 18 matches against English teams (D3 L14)
• The Belgian side have lost two of their last 19 European matches at home (W12 D5)
• They are unbeaten in their last five home games in the league phase of the Champions League (W3 D2)
• Nicolo Tresoldi has scored in Brugge’s last three European home matches
• Only Union SG’s Kjell Scherpen (15) and Copenhagen’s Dominik Kotarski (14) have conceded more than Brugge goalkeeper Nordin Jackers (13) in this season’s league phase
• Arsenal are unbeaten in their last nine European matches against Belgian teams (W7 D2) and have won their last nine matches in the league phase of the Champions League, conceding a total of three goals
• The Gunners are the only team to win their first five league phase matches this season
• The only previous time they started with five wins in the competition proper was 2005/06, when they went on to reach the final
• Arsenal need four goals to reach 400 in their European Cup and Champions League history
• Gabriel Martinelli has scored in his last four Champions League appearances

Champions League fixtures today

Arsenal will move three points clear at the top of the table with two matches remaining if they win in Brugge, while 15-time champions Real Madrid also host 2022/23 winners Manchester City.

Here are the later fixtures in the Champions League today, all starting at 20:00 GMT / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT.

Wednesday, December 10

Athletic Club vs PSG

Bayer Leverkusen vs Newcastle

Benfica vs Napoli

Borussia Dortmund vs Bodo/Glimt

Club Brugge vs Arsenal

Juventus vs Pafos

Real Madrid vs Man City

Arsenal Champions League fixtures, results 2025/26

All fixtures start at 20:00 GMT / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT unless otherwise stated.

Tuesday, September 16: Athletic Club 0-2 Arsenal

Wednesday, October 1: Arsenal 2-0 Olympiacos

Tuesday, October 21: Arsenal 4-0 Atletico Madrid

Tuesday, November 4: Slavia Prague 0-3 Arsenal

Wednesday, November 26: Arsenal 3-1 Bayern Munich

Wednesday, December 10: Club Brugge vs Arsenal

Tuesday January 20, 2026: Inter vs Arsenal

Wednesday, January 28, 2026: Arsenal vs Kairat Almaty

Arsenal Champions League squad 2025/26

Arsenal’s List A Champions League squad has been registered until the round of 16 in February 2026, when clubs can register a maximum of three new players within the existing limit of 25.

Goalkeepers: David Raya, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Tommy Setford

Defenders: William Saliba, Cristhian Mosquera, Ben White, Piero Hincapie, Gabriel, Jurrien Timber, Riccardo Calafiori

Midfielders: Martin Odegaard, Eberechi Eze, Christian Norgaard, Leandro Trossard, Noni Madueke, Mikel Merino, Kai Havertz, Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice

Forwards: Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Viktor Gyokeres, Gabriel Jesus

List B submissions, comprised of players born after January 1, 2004 who have been eligible to play for the club for an uninterrupted period of two years since their 15th birthday, can also be made until midnight before each match.

Arsenal Champions League schedule 2025/26

After the league phase, the play-offs are held in February, with the rest of the knockout stage before the final held between March and early May.

Matchday 1: September 16-18 2025

Matchday 2: September 30 – October 1 2025

Matchday 3: October 21/22 2025

Matchday 4: November 4/5 2025

Matchday 5: November 25/26 2025

Matchday 6: December 9/10 2025

Matchday 7: January 20/21 2026

Matchday 8: January 28 2026

When is the Champions League knockout phase?

Knockout phase play-offs: February 17/18 & 24/25 2026

Round of 16: March 10/11 & 17/18 2026

Quarter-finals: April 7/8 & 14/15 2026

Semi-finals: April 28/29 and May 5/6 2026

Final: May 30 2026 (Budapest)

When are the Champions League draws?

Knockout phase play-offs: January 30 2026

Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final: February 27 2026

Champions League 2025/26 format

In a change from the previous group stage format conducted until 2023/24, each team now plays eight matches in the league phase, all against different opponents.

Four of those matches will be at home and four away, with the opponents determined according to four seeding pots split by rankings.

Teams will play two opponents from each of those pots – one against a team from each pot at home and one away. The results decide the overall standings in one league.

The top eight sides in the table qualify automatically for the round of 16. The teams finishing in ninth to 24th will compete in a two-legged knockout phase play-off to reach the last 16.

Teams finishing 25th or lower are out of Europe for the season.

English teams in the Champions League: Why are there six clubs?

Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Newcastle all qualified as the top five teams in the Premier League.

There were five places for English teams because extra positions are awarded based on Uefa’s co-efficient rankings, which are based on the overall performances of nations across European competition over a season.

Spurs qualified as Europa League champions, despite losing 22 and winning only 11 of their 2024/25 league games and finishing 17th.

When is the Champions League final?

The final will take place on May 30 2026 at the The Puskas Arena in Budapest, which opened in 2019 and is home to Hungary’s national team.

The arena hosted a dramatic 2022/23 Europa League final, when Sevilla beat Roma on penalties following a 1-1 draw after extra time.