Two clubs chasing UEFA Champions League glory will do battle today in a match between Arsenal and Galatasaray. The group-stage match scheduled for 2:45 p.m. ET will be held at the Emirates in London and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on Fox Sports 1.
Galatasaray manager Cesare Prandelli had this to offer ahead of today's European encounter (via UEFA): "We are playing against a quality team with a lot of experience. In our own half, we will try to play our own game. They will try to get at us and we must be focused and try to control the play as best we can. We know it will be a difficult game, but we are confident. We have to do a lot of running every match. It's European football; we should be running, closing all the gaps."
"Arsenal have big players missing," he added. "But they have plenty of top-class players and we have to make sure we don't change our philosophy and play our own game. They have shown they can play football no matter who is on the pitch, and as a big team, we should also ensure we impose ourselves too. We will make sure that whenever we lose possession we win it back very quickly. We must be very brave."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Arsenal's Danny Welbeck has been instrumental since joining the club from Manchester United. The 23-year-old has created three chances in three appearances and has won 67 percent of his attempted take-ons.
Arsenal's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): SzczÄ™sny; Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs; Flamini, Santi Cazorla, Özil; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sánchez, Welbeck
Galatasaray's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Muslera; Semih, Melo, Chedjou; Tarık, Selçuk, Sneijder, Dzemaili, Alex Telles; Burak, Olcan
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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