UEFA Champions League, League Stage 2ArsenalARS 13/10/2026 20:00 LilleLIL Venue Emirates Stadium Referee Felix ZwayerWhere to Watch Arsenal v Lille: TV and online streamsArsenal versus Lille kicks off at8pm BST on Tuesday, October 13at Emirates Stadium. In the UK, you can watch it on TNT Sports and stream via HBO Max. If you live outside the UK, click theLINK HEREto find out where to watch it in your region.Preview for Arsenal v LilleArsenal havent lost a Champions League league-phase game since November 2024. On Tuesday night they put that run on the line against a Lille side they have never faced before, in their first home game of this seasons competition.Mikel Artetas side made it 13 straight league-phase wins on matchday one, beating Napoli 1-0 in Naples thanks to Martin Odegaards strike 15 minutes from time. That scoreline flattered the hosts. Arsenal racked up 4.05 expected goals at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, their highest total in a single Champions League game in the clubs history.The weekend brought relief after the 3-0 hammering at Brighton before the international break. Arsenal came from behind to beat Leeds 2-1 at the Emirates, ending the Whites unbeaten start to the season. James Justin gave Leeds the lead, but Riccardo Calafiori equalised and Bruno Guimar�es won it. It wasnt pretty, though. Arsenal were flat for the opening hour, and they have now conceded six goals in their last three games after letting in just one in their first six.Lille arrive in London in good domestic form but with a point to prove in Europe. Davide Ancelottis side led Real Betis twice on matchday one at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, only to throw it away in the space of 11 second-half minutes. Marc Bartra levelled, Troy Parrott won it, and Ethan Mbapp was sent off for elbowing Natan in the face.Since then, Lille have picked up six points from three Ligue 1 games, and Dilane Bakwas goal in Saturdays 1-0 win over 10-man Le Havre took them to within a point of leaders Monaco in second.Theres also a familiar face in the Lille squad. Olivier Giroud, now 40, led the line against Le Havre and could make an emotional return to the Emirates. The French sides record in England is dreadful, though. They have lost their last eight away games against English clubs, and their last win came in the Intertoto Cup at Aston Villa back in 2002.The Champions League Table UEFA Champions League 2026 World #TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGDPtsLast 1 1 Paris Saint Germain11006153 W 2 Bayern Mnchen11005053 W 3 Barcelona11005143 W 4 Manchester United11004043 W 5 Como11004133 W 6 VfB Stuttgart11003123 W 7 Sporting CP11003123 W 8 Manchester City11002023 W 9 Aston Villa11003213 W 10 Lens11003213 W 11 Real Betis11003213 W 12 Borussia Dortmund11003213 W 13 Liverpool11002113 W 14 Real Madrid11002113 W 15 Arsenal11001013 W 16 AEK Athens FC11001013 W 17 AS Roma10101101 D 18 Shakhtar Donetsk10101101 D 19 PSV Eindhoven10101101 D 20 Fenerbahe10101101 D 21 Villarreal100123-10 L 22 Lille100123-10 L 23 Slavia Praha100123-10 L 24 Club Brugge KV100123-10 L 25 Inter100112-10 L 26 Atletico Madrid100112-10 L 27 Napoli100101-10 L 28 Lask Linz100101-10 L 29 Viking100113-20 L 30 Galatasaray100113-20 L 31 FC Porto100102-20 L 32 RB Leipzig100114-30 L 33 Feyenoord100115-40 L 34 Sabah FA100104-40 L 35 Slovan Bratislava100116-50 L 36 Bodo/Glimt100105-50 L Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/8-finals) Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/16-finals) Team News for Arsenal v LilleArsenals injury problems took another turn after the Leeds game. Piero Hincapi hurt his ankle during the post-match warm-down with the other substitutes and had to be carried off the pitch, and he is almost certain to miss out. Martn Zubimendi reportedly also picked up a knock in the warm-down, and his availability is now in doubt.William Saliba (back) and Christos Tzolis (hamstring) remain out. There was better news before the Leeds game, when Declan Rice, Max Dowman and Ezri Konsa were all passed fit after withdrawing from their national squads. Rice played the full 90 minutes on Saturday, so he could be rested.Arteta is expected to rotate. Calafiori is likely to keep his place at left-back with Hincapi out, but Guimar�es, Eberechi Eze, Jurrien Timber and Viktor Gykeres are all pushing for starts. Mikel Merino, who partnered Rice in midfield against Napoli, is an option if Zubimendi doesnt make it.For Lille, Mbapp is suspended for the first of three games, and he is also carrying an ankle injury that will keep him out for around three weeks. Defender Tiago Santos was stretchered off with a knee injury against Le Havre, and left-back Romain Perraud came off with a knock in the same game. Hamza Igamane is a long-term absentee with a cruciate ligament injury.Centre-back Nathan Ngoy was rested at the weekend and is expected to return. Ayase Ueda and Benjamin Andr, who were also spared from the start on Saturday, should come back into the side, with Ueda likely to replace Giroud up front.Expected line-ups for Arsenal v LilleArsenal: Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Guimar�es, Merino; Saka, Odegaard, Eze; GykeresLille: zer; Ngoy, Nianzou, Alexsandro, Verdonk; Andr, Bentaleb; Bakwa, Haraldsson, Perrin; UedaRecent Form & Stats for Arsenal v LilleThis is the teams first meeting.Arsenal are without a win in three games against French clubs (D1 L2), all against Paris Saint-Germain most recently the penalty shoot-out defeat in last seasons final (1-1 aet, 3-4 pens).The Gunners have lost only one of their last 12 Champions League group stage/league phase matches against French opponents (W8 D3), winning the three most recent without conceding the lasta 3-0 success at home to Monaco on Matchday 6 in 2024/25.Lille have lost 10 of their last 12 matches against English opponents (W1 D1) and the last eight away. Their 2025/26 European season was ended by a 0-3 aggregate defeat against Aston Villa in the Europa League round of 16 (0-1 h,0-2 a).This is Lilles ninth appearance in the Champions League and a fourth in eight seasons. The last two have continued into the round of 16, most recently in 2024/25 whenthey lost 2-3 on aggregate against Borussia Dortmund.Prediction for Arsenal v LilleArsenal have lost a little of their swagger in recent games but they should regain it against a Lille side that will pose a threat but ultimately lack the quality to challenge the English champions. Match PredictionArsenal 3 0 Lille Topics Arsenal F.C. 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