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Arsenal vs Lille asks one narrow question: can an Arsenal defence without William Saliba, and carrying four fitness doubts, keep out a Lille side that scored 10 goals in its last six matches? The two meet in the UEFA Champions League league phase at the Emirates Stadium in London on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, kick-off 20:00 BST. Arsenal take 15 points from their last six into it. Lille have 10.
Arsenal vs Lille kicks off at 20:00 BST on Tuesday, 13 October 2026 at the Emirates Stadium in London, in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League.
Everything else, including the scoreline calls, sits on the Arsenal vs Lille match page.
Mikel Arteta is without William Saliba, Kai Havertz, Christos Tzolis and Max Dowman, while Ben White, Cristhian Mosquera, Ezri Konsa and Declan Rice were all carrying knocks through the international break, according to Sports Mole. Saliba's back problem is the long one, with a return pencilled in for December. Piero Hincapié is also listed as doubtful with a muscle injury on FotMob. Tzolis went off after about 15 minutes of Greece's game with the Netherlands and is out for three to four weeks with a right hamstring injury, as reported by Le Petit Lillois.
That is a lot of centre-half to replace for a side whose record otherwise reads very well: won 5, drew 0, lost 1 in the last six, 15 points, scored 10 and conceded 6.
The one defeat was heavy. Arsenal lost 0-3 away to Brighton & Hove Albion on 19 September 2026, 24 days before this match, and it sits oddly against everything else in the run. Their European evidence is better: a 1-0 win away to SSC Napoli on 9 September 2026, 34 days before this match, which is the kind of night this squad has learned to manage.
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