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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 1-1) Eden Arena - Prague Thursday 15 April 2021 SK Slavia Praha 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Arsenal FC Quarter-finals, Second leg Last updated 27/08/2021 23:24CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 18 Legend 20 1 SK Slavia Praha - Arsenal FC Thursday 15 April 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Eden Arena, Prague Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/04/2021 QF Arsenal FC - SK Slavia Praha 1-1 London Pépé 86; Holeš 90+4 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/2007 GS SK Slavia Praha - Arsenal FC 0-0 Prague Fàbregas 5, 58, Hubáček 24 (og), 23/10/2007 GS Arsenal FC - SK Slavia Praha 7-0 London Walcott 41, 55, Hleb 51, Bendtner 89 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SK Slavia Praha 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 8 Arsenal FC 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 8 1 SK Slavia Praha - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Leicester City FC - SK Slavia 0-2 25/02/2021 R32 Leicester Provod 49, Sima 79 Praha agg: 0-2 SK Slavia Praha - Leicester City 18/02/2021 R32 0-0 Prague FC UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pedro Rodríguez 5, 4-3 27, Deli 10 (og), 18/04/2019 QF Chelsea FC - SK Slavia Praha London agg: 5-3 Giroud 17; Souček 26, Ševčík 51, 55 11/04/2019 QF SK Slavia Praha - Chelsea FC 0-1 Prague Alonso 86 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/2008 GS SK Slavia Praha - Aston Villa FC 0-1 Prague Sidwell 26 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tottenham Hotspur - SK Slavia 1-1 21/02/2008 R3 London O'Hara 7; Krajčík 50 Praha agg: 3-2 SK Slavia Praha - Tottenham Střihavka 69; 14/02/2008 R3 1-2 Prague Hotspur Berbatov 4, Keane 30 2 SK Slavia Praha - Arsenal FC Thursday 15 April 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Eden Arena, Prague UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tottenham Hotspur - SK Slavia 1-0 28/09/2006 R1 London Keane 79 Praha agg: 2-0 SK Slavia Praha - Tottenham 14/09/2006 R1 0-1 Prague Jenas 37 Hotspur UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Ulich 51, 78 (P); 23/03/2000 QF SK Slavia Praha - Leeds United Prague agg: 2-4 Kewell 45+2 Wilcox 39, Kewell 54, 16/03/2000 QF Leeds United - SK Slavia Praha 3-0 Leeds Bowyer 59 Arsenal FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Rosický 7, Fàbregas 29/08/2007 QR3 Arsenal FC - AC Sparta Praha London agg: 5-0 88, Eduardo 89 Fàbregas 72, Hleb 15/08/2007 QR3 AC Sparta Praha - Arsenal FC 0-2 Prague 90+2 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Henry 23, Van Persie 02/11/2005 GS Arsenal FC - AC Sparta Praha 3-0 London 82, 86 18/10/2005 GS AC Sparta Praha - Arsenal FC 0-2 Prague Henry 21, 74 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Parlour 5, Lauren 7, Dixon 35, Kanu 52; 25/10/2000 GS1 Arsenal FC - AC Sparta Praha 4-2 London Labant 40 (P), Rosický 90 12/09/2000 GS1 AC Sparta Praha - Arsenal FC 0-1 Prague Sylvinho 32 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SK Slavia Praha 7 1 2 4 7 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 14 2 4 8 10 23 Arsenal FC 5 4 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 2 0 23 3 3 SK Slavia Praha - Arsenal FC Thursday 15 April 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Eden Arena, Prague Match background Slavia Praha, who have already eliminated two British clubs in this UEFA Europa League campaign, host 2018/19 runners-up Arsenal in the Czech capital with the outcome of this quarter-final in the balance after a 1-1 draw in the first leg. • Slavia made up for a UEFA Champions League play-off defeat in their opening European tie of 2020/21 by convincingly coming through a UEFA Europa League section headed by Bayer Leverkusen before knocking out England's Leicester City in the round of 32 (0-0 h, 2-0 a) and Scotland's Rangers in the round of 16 (1-1 h, 2-0 a). • Arsenal claimed maximum points in the autumn from UEFA Europa League Group B, doing the double over Rapid Wien, Dundalk and fellow qualifiers Molde while scoring 20 goals – the most ever by an English team in a UEFA Europa League group – before edging out Benfica in the round of 32 (1-1 a, 3-2 h) and Olympiacos in the round of 16 (3-1 a, 0-1 h). Previous meetings • The goals came late in north London last time out as Arsenal substitute Nicolas Pépé broke away to give his side the lead in the 86th minute, only for Tomáš Holeš to head Slavia level from an added-time corner, his first European goal enabling the Czech champions to stretch their unbeaten run in this season's knockout phase to five matches. • The clubs' only previous pairing in UEFA competition was in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage, a 7-0 victory for Arsène Wenger's Arsenal over Karel Jarolím's Slavia in London – still the Gunners' biggest European home win and the Czech club's heaviest continental defeat – preceding a goalless draw at the Strahov Stadium in Prague. • Slavia's victory at Leicester in the round of 32 – sealed by second-half goals from Lukáš Provod and Abdallah Sima – was one of only two wins in 14 UEFA matches against English opposition (D4 L8) and also their first success in five two-legged knockout ties against English sides. The most recent defeat came against Arsenal's city rivals Chelsea in Slavia's only previous UEFA Europa League quarter-final tie, in 2018/19, when Jindřich Trpišovský's team were beaten both in Prague (0-1) and London (3-4), midfielder Petr Ševčík scoring a double in the second leg at Stamford Bridge. The Czech side's home record against English visitors is W1 D2 L4, with no wins in the last six matches. • Arsenal have never lost to Czech opposition (W7 D2). Their four previous matches in the Czech Republic have all taken place in Prague, that goalless draw against Slavia preceded by three wins against their city rivals Sparta Praha. The Gunners have yet to concede a goal in the country. Form guide Slavia • Champions of the Czech Republic for the third time in four years last season, Slavia missed out on a second successive UEFA Champions League group stage adventure this term when, led again by coach Trpišovský, they were defeated by Midtjylland in the play-offs (0-0 h, 1-4 a). • Fourth in their UEFA Champions League section last season, behind Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Internazionale, Slavia finished second in their UEFA Europa League group this term, a run of four successive wins from Matchday 2 to Matchday 5 enabling them to finish runners-up to Leverkusen – who closed the section by beating them 4-0 in Germany – ahead of Hapoel Beer-Sheva and Nice. • Victory over Rangers – which featured spectacular goals in each leg from Romanian international Nicolae Stanciu – took the club into the last eight of the UEFA Europa League for the second time in three seasons. Slavia's last two European quarter-finals have both resulted in defeats by English clubs – Chelsea two years ago and Leeds United in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup (0-3 a, 2-1 h) – but they did win their first, overcoming Roma on away goals after extra time in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup (2-0 h, 1-3 a). • Slavia took maximum points from their home games in Group C – against Leverkusen (1-0), Nice (3-2) and Hapoel (3-0) – before drawing their first legs in the Eden Arena against both Leicester and Rangers. Although they are unbeaten in Prague in this European campaign, they have won only four of their last 11 home fixtures in continental competition, losing the same number, including all three in last season's UEFA Champions League group stage. • Slavia have won six of the eight UEFA competition ties in which they have drawn the away first leg, their only two eliminations having been on the away goals rule after a goalless first leg. They have never previously recorded a 1-1 away draw in the first leg but have succeeded on all four occasions when the scoreline has been 2-2, most recently against Sevilla in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League round of 32, when they dramatically won the return fixture 4-3 after extra time in Prague. Arsenal • Eighth in the 2019/20 Premier League, Arsenal ensured a 25th consecutive season in Europe by winning the FA Cup under new manager Mikel Arteta – the club's record 14th triumph in the competition – with a 2-1 victory over 4 SK Slavia Praha - Arsenal FC Thursday 15 April 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Eden Arena, Prague Chelsea in the final.