Sporting Lisbon Vs Arsenal: Europa Cup At 5:55pm - European Football

Arsenal and Sporting Lisbon goes into this game with 6 points apiece.
Arsenal defenders Nacho Monreal and Sead Kolasinac will miss Thursday's Europa League Group E tie with Sporting Lisbon due to minor hamstring injuries.

Petr Cech and Ainsley Maitland-Niles have returned to full training but are also absent, and although Sokratis has travelled he remains doubtful.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could start after scoring as a substitute in the wins over Fulham and Leicester.

Long-term absentees Laurent Koscielny and Dinos Mavropanos remain out.

Two sides in transition

Arsenal have won every match since losing their first two games under new manager Unai Emery and they travel to Portugal looking to extend their winning run to 11 matches.

The Gunners come up against another team in transition after Sporting lost a number of key players this summer, but they sit fifth in the Primeira Liga table and have lost only twice this season.

The Portuguese giants have two wins from two in Europe but needed two stoppage-time goals to come from behind and beat Ukrainian outfit Vorskla Poltava last time out.

Since that tough start to the season, Arsenal have been in bright form under Emery and Monday night's win over Leicester - which included a superb performance from Mesut Ozil and two goals from substitute Aubameyang - saw them climb to fourth in the Premier League table, just two points off the league leaders.

In Europe, Arsenal beat Vorskla Poltavabefore sweeping aside Azerbaijani side Qarabag 3-0 and are level on points with Sporting at the top of Group E.