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Unai Emery’s side travel 1200 miles to Belarus for the first leg in their round of 32 clash

Louis Mitchell
Thursday 14 February 2019 13:15 GMT
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Arsenal players train ahead of Europa League clash with BATE Borisov

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A lengthy winter break comes to an abrupt halt for BATE Borisov as they host Arsenal in the Europa League round of 32.

BATE have not played a competitive match since their last European game against PAOK that saw them creep into the final 32 behind Chelsea in Group L.

Meeting the Belarusian side in last season’s group stage, Arsenal won both encounters with an aggregate score of 10-2, including a 4-2 away win.

What time does it start?

BATE Borisov vs Arsenal kicks off at 5:55pm on Thursday 14 February.

Where can I watch it?

The match will be shown live on BT Sport 2 from 5.30pm. BT Sport subscribers can also watch via the website or app.

Predicted line-ups

BATE: Scherbitski; Rios, Volkov, Filipenko, Filipovic, Baga, Dragun, Ivanic, Skavysh, Dubajic, Stasevich

Arsenal: Leno; Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Torreira, Guendouzi, Kolasinac, Suarez, Ozil, Lacazette

Form guide…

BATE: LWDWWL

Arsenal: WLWLWL

Unai Emery will not blame the weather ahead of Arsenal's Europa League clash with BATE Borisov
Unai Emery will not blame the weather ahead of Arsenal's Europa League clash with BATE Borisov (Reuters)

Head-to-head…

Arsenal 6-0 BATE, Europa League, December 2017

BATE 2-4 Arsenal, Europa League, September 2017

Odds…

BATE to win: 7/1

Arsenal to win: 1/2

Draw: 7/2

Prediction…

1-4 to Arsenal

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