Arsenal v Lille: Champions League preview, predicted line-ups & team news

It is only matchday two of the Champions League league stage, so nobody is getting knocked out on Tuesday night.

However, the early rounds are where a favourable route to the last 16 is built, and Arsenal know a second win would put them in a very healthy spot.

Lille, by contrast, are one game in and already chasing, which makes a trip to north London a stiff way to try to repair the damage.

The bookmakers have made their view plain, with Arsenal at 2/9 to win, the draw at 11/2 and Lille at 12/1.

It is, you suspect, a night for the home crowd to settle in and enjoy themselves.

Arsenal made the best possible start, winning 1-0 away at Napoli on 9 September with the only goal arriving between the 61st and 75th minutes.

They had 58% of the possession that night, had 26 shots on average from that single game and kept a clean sheet, which is a fairly decent return for a first away day.

Lille's evening in the opening round went differently.

They lost 3-2 at home to Real Betis, scoring twice before half-time but shipping two goals in the 46-60 minute window after the break.

They also had a player sent off in that second half, which brings us neatly to the team news.

Arsenal's squad is deep enough that a few changes would not be a surprise, but there is little sign this is a night for a wholesale shake-up.

With Saliba out, the back line already has one enforced change to absorb.

A home game against a side missing a suspended player and a doubtful defender is also exactly the sort of fixture where a strong XI can finish the job early and ease minutes later on.

Lille have less room to manoeuvre.

They need points, they have injuries and a suspension to cover, and there is little reason to hold anything back.

Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Raya; White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Zubimendi; Saka, Ødegaard, Eze; Gyökeres.

There is some rotation risk in midfield and wide areas, with Merino and Madueke both options to come in.

Lille (4-2-3-1): Özer; Perraud, Ngoy, Alexsandro, Verdonk; Bentaleb, André; Sahraoui, Haraldsson, Bakwa; Giroud.

With Santos a doubt and Mbappé suspended, the visitors' midfield and defence could look a little different.

Kick-off at the Emirates Stadium is at 20:00 BST on Tuesday 13 October.

The match is shown on TNT Sports where selected, with TNT Sports 1 named as the channel in one preview.

This is a league-stage fixture, so there is no second leg and no aggregate to worry about.

If the game is level after 90 minutes it ends as a draw, with no extra time or penalties.