Champions League - Group B 
The Emirates hosts Arsenal and Lens in the penultimate match week of the Champions League Group stage. Arsenal have control of the group as it stands, with the main fight being for second spot, with Lens or PSV in the best position for that fight.
Arsenal currently sit top of Group B after four games. The Gunners have three wins and one loss, leaving them on nine points, four points ahead of both PSV and Lens and seven points ahead of Sevilla.
In their last five games in all competitions, Arsenal have three wins and two losses. In the Round of 16 of the League Cup, Arsenal faced West Ham. A Ben White own goal and goals from Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen gave West Ham the 3 - 1 win, with Martin Odegaard only managing to score in the 96th minute. Arsenal were then handed their first Premier League loss of the season away to Newcastle. In controversial fashion, Anthony Gordon grabbed the only goal of the game in the 1 - 0 win for Newcastle.
In the Champions League, Arsenal bounced back against Sevilla. Leandro Trossard and Bukayo Saka both scored in the 2 - 0 win for Arsenal as The Gunners restricted Sevilla to just one shot. Back in the Premier League, Arsenal hosted Burnley. Trossard opened the scoring in the added time of the first half, but Josh Brownhill equalised just ten minutes into the second half. Despite the red card to Fabio Vieira, William Saliba and Oleksander Zinchenko both scored to grab a 3 - 1 win for Arsenal.
The last time out for Arsenal was against Brentford. Kai Havertz left it late to grab the only goal of the game in the 89th minute as Arsenal won 1 - 0.
Lens, on the other hand, sit third in Group B. In four games, the French side have one win, two draws and one loss which leaves them on five points, equal with PSV and three points ahead of Sevilla.
In their last five games, Lens have three wins, one draw and one loss. Facundo Medina and Neil El Aynaoui both scored along with a brace of penalties from Florian Sotoca in the 4 - 0 thrashing of Nantes by Lens. Despite having 14 shots, with seven of those on target and 58% of the possession, Lens were unable to find any way through against Lorient. Lens restricted Lorient to just two shots on target, but the game finished a goalless draw.
In the Champions League, Lens faced PSV. Luuk de Jong scored the only goal of the game in the 12th minute as ten-man Lens, who had Morgan Guilavogui sent off late on, slumped to a 1 - 0 loss. However, back in Ligue 1, Jonathan Gradit scored in the 90th minute to give Lens the 1 - 0 win over Marseille.
The most recent outing for Lens was against Clermont Foot. Elye Wahi opened the scoring for Lens, but both teams had a man sent off in the added time of the first half, Wahi for Lens and Alidu Seidu for Clermont Foot. However, Adrien Thomasson and Wesley Said both scored to give Lens the 3 - 0 win.
Arsenal and Lens have met five times in their histories, with the first meeting coming back in 1998. Nothing separates the two sides, with two wins each, the one draw being a 1 - 1 draw in their first-ever game.
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