How to watch Athletic Club v Arsenal, pre-match quotes, team news, predicted line-ups and more | OneFootball

Arsenal kick off their Champions League campaign with a trip to Bilbao to face Athletic Club.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the clash…

Kick-off time

5:45pm UK time, Tuesday September 16

How to watch

Live on TNT Sports 1

Streaming on Discovery +

Injuries and suspensions

Athletic Club: Unai Eguiluz (out), Benat Prados (out), Nico Williams (out)

Arsenal: Martin Odegaard (out), Kai Havertz (out), Bukayo Saka (out), Gabriel Jesus (out), Ben White (out)

Predicted line-ups

Athletic Club (4-2-3-1): Simon; Areso, Vivian, Paredes, Berchiche; de Galarreta, Jauregizar; Berenguer, Sancet, Inaki Williams; Guruzeta

Arsenal (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Mosquera, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Zubimendi, Rice, Merino; Madueke, Gyokeres, Eze

Recent form

Athletic Club were beaten 1-0 by Alaves on Saturday, their first defeat of the season having won their previous three games.

Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 on Saturday and have also won three of their first four games.

What’s been said?

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta: “We’re excited to start again from scratch in a beautiful place, in a stadium that is going to generate something special. We’re looking forward to that and I’m very excited again to step by step build some momentum, and start to have some wins.”

Athletic Club boss Ernesto Valverde on the strength of Arteta and Arsenal: “As one of the best coaches in the world, surely,” he said when asked how he rates Arteta.

“What he is doing in Arsenal proves it. I do not say it just because Arsenal has great players, but because of what they do, how they play, their spirit, how they press you, how they do not let you play, how insistent they are in each duel.

“And then, at the time of the game, with the quality of technique they have, it is difficult to press them very high because they have resources to go out and play in the space.

“It is clear that when you are playing with one of the favourite teams to win the competition, it can be Arsenal, or one of the favourites to win the Premier League, it is clear that you have to tune very fine and take advantage of the opportunities that you can have and not concede too many.

“We have to admit that and we have to know what we have in front of us. It is like when Real Madrid and Barcelona come to play at that level. You have to make a perfect game to show your virtues and try to minimise what they can do to you, which can be a lot.

“We just played with them recently in the pre-season and we know more or less how they play and the level they have.”