Date: Wednesday 1st October, 2025
Time: 8:00 pm
Stadium Emirates Stadium
Referee Francois Letexier (France)
Goal Scorer:
Team News
Arsenal
Arsenal skipper Martin Odegaard joined the Gunners’ super-sub club on Sunday – setting up Gabriel’s winner from a corner after returning from a shoulder injury – and the captain’s comeback means that Arteta has four players left in the infirmary.
Kai Havertz, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Jesus will not return from their severe knee injuries before the winter, while Piero Hincapie’s “minor” groin problem is still giving him grief, and the Ecuadorian is set to miss out too.
Enduring his worst 45 minutes in an Arsenal shirt so far on Sunday – giving away the corner that led to Newcastle’s opener before being taken off for William Saliba – Cristhian Mosquera should make way for the returning Frenchman as Arteta considers a couple of alterations.
Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Odegaard, Zubimendi, Merino; Saka, Gyokeres, Martinelli
Olympiacos
On Olympiacos’ end, experienced Ukrainian striker Roman Yaremchuk (unspecified) and right-back Rodinei (unspecified) are Mendilibar’s only two known injury concerns at present.
However, the visiting boss will not be able to call on two notable playmakers in Remy Cabella and Yusuf Yazici – the latter a 2020-21 Ligue 1 title winner with Lille – as neither were included in Olympiacos’ league-phase squad.
Regardless, there was little chance of Chiquinho losing his place in the number 10 role after the 30-year-old’s heroic brace at the weekend – including that last-gasp winner – while ex-Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Daniel Podence should line up on the left.
Olympiacos possible starting lineup:
Paschalakis; Costinha, Retsos, Pirola, Ortega; Garcia, Hezze; Strefezza, Chiquinho, Podence; El Kaabi
Prediction: Arsenal 3-0 Olympiacos