Arsenal look to start 2019/20 Europa League campaign with a win away against Eintracht Frankfurt

Arsenal will take on Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday in UEFA Europa League 2019/20 as the tournament begins. The Gunners go into this game as the favourites.

Kick-off : 6:55 PM (Local)

Venue : Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt

Arsenal will have high hopes of beginning the new 2019/20 Europa League season with success as they eye victory in the competition.

Arsenal finished as runners-up to last season’s competition in which they lost the final to Chelsea 1-4. They will be looking to go one better this time.

The Gunners opponents first up are Eintracht Frankfurt away. It should be a tricky game. The other group opponents are Standard Liege and Vitoria SC.

The Gunners will have to be clinical with their performance in Frankfurt and need to avoid giving the initiative to Eintracht.

They need to defend well as a unit plus be very good in the final third with the likes of Aubameyang in the line-up.

On the other hand, Eintracht Frankfurt will have their eyes set at the 2019/20 Europa League tournament too. They are doing fine in the Bundesliga.

Eintracht know they and Arsenal are the two teams to progress from the group or billed as favourites. But nothing can be taken for granted, they need to go out their and perform.

First up are Arsenal at home which should be a testing game. Die Adler need to be good and solid at the back.

They need to hit on counters and if successful they could churn up the points. They need to believe in themselves.

Team news and possible line-ups

Mijat Gacinovic will not be available for Eintracht Frankfurt for the Arsenal game as due to injury. While Sebastian Rode is doubtful.

As for The Gunners, Alexandre Lacazette will be unavailable as due to injury.

Eintracht Frankfurt XI : Trapp, Abraham, Hinteregger, Hasebe, Rode, Gregoritsch, Sow, Chandler, da Costa, Silva, Cordova.

Arsenal XI : Leno, Kolasinac, Luiz, Mustafi, Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Willock, Torreira, Ozil, Aubameyang, Pepe.

Prediction

I expect this game to end in a 1-1 draw.