Champions League score prediction: Arsenal helpless against Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid are expected to cause many difficulties for Arsenal in the 2025-2026 Champions League.

Arsenal is leading the Premier League table - Photo: REUTERS

Arsenal will host Atletico Madrid at 2am on October 22 in the third round of the 2025-2026 Champions League qualifying round.

The Gunners enter this match on the back of a five-game winning streak in all competitions, most recently a 1-0 win over Fulham to maintain their top spot in the Premier League.

Since losing to Liverpool at the end of August, the Gunners have been unbeaten in eight consecutive matches, including seven wins.

In the Champions League, Arsenal's performance was even more impressive. In the first two matches, they won both Athletic Bilbao and Olympiacos by the same score of 2-0, scoring 4 goals and not conceding a single one.

More remarkably, the Emirates Stadium is an impregnable fortress for them in this arena. Statistics show that Arsenal have won 11 consecutive home matches in the Champions League group stage/classification without conceding a single goal. If they win against Atletico, this will be the Gunners' 100th win in Europe's most prestigious tournament.

However, their opponents are a stubborn Atletico Madrid who are also in good form. Coach Diego Simeone's team is on a 7-match unbeaten streak.

The La Liga representative has scored 16 goals in the last 6 matches, including the 5-1 destruction of Eintracht Frankfurt in the previous match.

However, Atletico's fatal weakness this season is their away record. They have yet to taste victory in all 5 away games this season (3 draws, 2 losses). This is the support for Arsenal to believe in a favorable result.

The bookmakers gave a fairly balanced odds when Arsenal only conceded 0.5 goals in the whole match (1st half equal). The over/under of the match is 2.75 goals.

Arsenal face a manpower problem when a series of key players are absent or uncertain to play. Piero Hincapie, Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Jesus are all having problems with injuries and the possibility of playing is still uncertain.

Atletico Madrid suffered a new blow as striker Nico Gonzalez was sidelined with a head injury sustained against Osasuna. Johnny Cardoso is also a notable absentee for the visitors.

Atletico is in good form - Photo: REUTERS

Arsenal and Atletico are both showing impressive strength. One side has a solid defense at home, the other side has an explosive attack. The history of confrontation between the two teams is also quite balanced when each side has won once and drawn twice in recent confrontations.

Despite Atletico's poor away form, the character and toughness of a team led by Diego Simeone cannot be underestimated. With Arsenal's losses in terms of force, it would not be surprising if the battle at the Emirates ended in a draw.

Expected lineup:

Arsenal : Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Rice, Odegaard, Havertz, Saka, Martinelli, Ekitike.

Atletico: Oblak, Molina, Savic, Gimenez, Hermoso, Koke, De Paul, Baena, Griezmann, Llorente, Alvarez.

Prediction : Arsenal 1-1 Atletico.

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THANH DINH

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