Arsenal head to Portugal for the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal against Sporting CP on Tuesday, having seen their quadruple dream go up in smoke in their last two games.
Mikel Arteta's side lost in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City before the international break, and in their first game back, were knocked out of the FA Cup, following a 2-1 defeat to Championship side Southampton.
Arsenal do have some uncertainties ahead of their trip to Portugal over the fitness of some of their key players. Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka weren't even in the squad for the Southampton game, after they'd pulled out of the England squad during the international break with fitness concerns.
Centre-back Gabriel Magalhães had to be taken off in the Southampton match after suffering an apparent knee injury. Arteta, therefore, has his task cut out, with those uncertainties and the need to bring confidence back into his players following the last two games.
Sporting, meanwhile, are on a three-game winning streak. Their last loss came lost in the Champions League round of 16, when they lost 3-0 to Bodo/Glimt in the first leg. They turned that tie around spectacularly, with a 5-0 win in the second leg.
Like Arsenal, Sporting are also in a title race domestically. As it stands, they sit five points behind Porto in second place, but Sporting do have a game in hand.
Here's everything you need to know about this quarterfinal first leg.
How to watch:
The match will be shown on TNT Sports in the UK, Paramount+ in the U.S., SonyLIV in India and Stan Sport in Australia. You can also follow ESPN's live updates.
Key Details:
Kick-off time: Tuesday, April 7 at 8 p.m. BST (3 p.m. ET; 12:30 a.m. IST, Wednesday and 5 a.m. AEST, Wednesday). Venue: Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon Referee: TBC VAR: TBC
Injury and Team News:
Sporting CP
Nuno Santos, F: hamstring, OUT Fotis Ioannidis, F: knee, OUT Geovany Quenda, F: foot, DOUBT Luis Guilherme, F: strain, DOUBT
Arsenal
Gabriel Magalhães, D: knee, DOUBT Piero Hincapié, D: muscle, DOUBT Eberechi Eze, M: calf, OUT Mikel Merino, M: foot, OUT
Talking Points:
Rob Newell/CameraSport via Getty Images The Carabao Cup defeat was perhaps the worst way to head into the international break for Arsenal, but they followed that up with an even worse result -- going out of the FA Cup with a limp loss to Southampton.