Arsenal vs Monaco LIVE! Champions League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction today

Arsenal vs Monaco – LIVE!

Arsenal host Monaco in the Champions League later today. The Gunners got back to winning ways in Europe last time out by thrashing Sporting 5-1 and could take another big step towards automatic qualification if they can claim a positive result against the French side at home.

Mikel Arteta’s side, however, will need to improve from Sunday’s display at Fulham. While set-pieces remain a profitable avenue for the Gunners, questions about their ability to create chances from open play refuse to go away. If they can click back into gear on that front, Arsenal will be a force to be reckoned with for any team in Europe.

Monaco are level on points with the north London giants, despite losing to Benfica last time out. In fine form domestically, they head to the English capital in confidence. Follow all the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!

Arsenal vs Monaco latest news

• Arsenal XI confirmed: Lewis-Skelly starts

• Monaco XI confirmed

• Kick-off time and venue: 8pm GMT; Emirates Stadium

• TV channel and live stream: TNT Sports

• Prediction: Arsenal to win

Big chance for Jesus

19:36 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Gabriel Jesus leads the line for Arsenal tonight and it’s a huge opportunity for the Brazilian to rediscover his best form.

Linked with a move away from the club ahead of the January transfer window, Jesus has tended to perform well on Champions League nights, will he do so again against Monaco?

Monaco danger

19:31 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Maghnes Akliouche is the latest youngster to emerge at Monaco and he’s one to watch tonight.

Likely to operate from the right, the 22-year-old has already netted twice in the Champions League this season.

Monaco XI

19:22 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Monaco XI: Majecki, Vanderson, Salisu, Kehrer, Henrique, Camara, Magassa, Akliouche, Ben Seghir, Golovin, Embolo

Subs: Kohn, Lienard, Teze, Ouattara, Nibombe, Mawissa, Matazo, Michal, Minamino, Ilenhikhena, Tincres.

Arteta on Lewis-Skelly

19:15 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Mikel Arteta has explained the thought process behind handing Myles Lewis-Skelly a full Champions League debut.

“Well, obviously the circumstances to be fair and the kid has done really well for us and he deserves a chance. We are all buzzing to see one of our own in a big match like this.”

Arsenal's issue

19:10 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

TNT Sport pundit Karen Carney has delivered her thoughts on Arsenal’s right-hand side issues.

“If you lock that right side up, Arsenal have to find a different solution when Saka is out of the game and Odegaard is not in it,” she said.

Arsenal arrive

19:05 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Here’s footage of the Arsenal squad arriving at the Emirates Stadium for tonight’s big game.

Four changes for Arsenal

19:00 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

In total, Mikel Arteta has made four changes to the side that started the 1-1 draw against Fulham.

Mikel Merino, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus start in place of Jorginho, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard.

Though the big news is Myles Lewis-Skelly makes his full Champions League debut.

Arsenal lineup

18:46 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Arsenal XI: Raya, Partey, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Rice, Merino, Odegaard; Saka, Martinelli, Jesus.

Subs: Neto, Setford, Timber, Tierney, Robinson, Heaven, Monlouis, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Trossard, Sterling, Havertz.

Team news imminent

18:40 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

We are expecting the team news to be announced shortly.

Stay tuned...

Champions League latest

18:36 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

It’s half-time in the day’s early kick-offs and Atletico Madrid lead against Slovan Bratislava, whilst Lille are 2-1 up at home to Sturm Graz.

The latter game is of importance to Arsenal as the French side will leapfrog the Gunners in the table - albeit perhaps for a couple of hours - if the result stays as it is.

Last time in Europe

18:32 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Arsenal produced a five-star performance in their last outing in the Champions League.

The calm before the storm

18:25 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

The calm before the storm at the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal aim to take a giant step towards booking a place in the last 16 of this season’s Champions League.

The Arsenal dressing room

18:20 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

A sneak peak inside the Arsenal dressing room ahead of kick-off at the Emirates Stadium.

Monaco stat

18:15 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Monaco don’t travel well in this competition having won just one of their last nine Champions League away matches.

Although the victory in question did come in their last match against Bologna.

Predicted Arsenal XI

18:11 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

With doubts over five defensive players ahead of the game against Monaco, Mikel Arteta is presented with a team selection dilemma.

Whilst Jakub Kiwior can continue to partner William Saliba in the heart of defence, picking the full-backs will prove a much harder task for the Arsenal manager.

As a result, Kieran Tierney could make his first appearance for the Gunners since August 2023 or Myles Lewis-Skelly could be handed a full Champions League debut.

Click here for how we think Arsenal will line-up tonight.

The last meeting...

18:05 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

This is the first competitive meeting between the two clubs in almost a decade.

In fact, on Monaco’s last trip to the Emirates Stadium in the Champions League they shocked many by claiming a 3-1 victory with a certain Dimitar Berbatov getting on the scoresheet.

Monaco boss on Arsenal's threat

18:00 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

It’s no secret that Arsenal are a massive threat from set-pieces, just as Manchester United!

So, Monaco boss Adi Hutter admits his side have been well-drilled on how to cope with the Gunners’ routines.

“Our preparation for this match was necessarily more advanced than for a classic Ligue 1 match, that’s for sure, because Arsenal are a top team!,” he told reporters.

“They are very strong on set pieces, it’s a real weapon for them, that’s obvious. They train a lot for that, but we have an idea of ​​how we should defend in these phases.

“And then we can also be a threat to them in this area, because that’s also something that’s an area of strength for us."

Mikel Arteta expecting a tough test against a "special team"

17:55 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Despite making relative light work of Paris Saint-Germain on matchday two, Mikel Arteta is not taking fellow Ligue 1 side Monaco for granted.

In fact, given the connection between the two clubs, the Spaniard is looking forward to the encounter.

"They're a really good side, you see the run they’ve been on in the Champions League and in the league, especially against top opposition, so a real threat,” he told reporters. “A team that is superbly well organised, really intense, really good in transition moments as well with a lot of quality, so it’s going to be a very good test for us tomorrow.

"We have a really good link as well with Arsene, Thierry as well. There’s a big history there. It’s a very special club, a special place, so we welcome them here and will hopefully be better than them to try to win the game."

Score prediction

17:50 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

This has the feel of a home win, but one that might not be too generous on drama and perhaps harder to come by than most home fans expect, not too dissimilar to their last European victory at the Emirates over Shakhtar Donetsk.

Arsenal to win, 1-0.

Monaco team news

17:45 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Folarin Balogun misses out on a reunion with his former club due to injury, Wilfried Singo and Christian Mawissa are both suspended, while captain Denis Zakaria suffered a hamstring injury in the warm-up before Saturday’s game against Toulouse.

Arsenal team news

17:40 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

The Gunners will definitely be without Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu due to knee injuries.

Furthermore, Gabriel Magalhaes, Jurrien Timber, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Riccardo Calafiori and Thomas Partey all missed yesterday’s training session, thus making them doubtful.

How to watch Arsenal vs Monaco

17:35 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

TV channel: Tonight’s match will be televised live in the UK on TNT Sports 1, with coverage beginning at 7pm GMT ahead of an 8pm kick-off.

Live stream: TNT Sports subscribers can also see the action live online via the Discovery+ app and website.

Welcome

16:23 , Jonathan Gorrie

Good evening and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Arsenal’s Champions League clash with Monaco.

Kick-off from the Emirates Stadium is at 8pm GMT.