Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid prediction and team news: Betting odds, tips, TV and live stream details for Europa League semi-final

Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid
Europa League semi-final, first leg
Thursday, 8:05pm BST
Emirates Stadium

Arsenal head into their Europa League semi-final against Atletico Madrid knowing it will be Arsene Wenger's last chance of winning a European trophy with the north London club.

Wenger shocked the footballing world on Friday by announcing his decision to leave Arsenal at the end of the current season, despite having another year left to run on his contract.

The news may well galvanise the Gunners ahead of a tough tie against Atletico, but Diego Simeone's side will be in no mood to let Wenger bow out on a high as the Spanish side seek European redemption after two Champions League final defeats against rivals Real in the last four seasons.

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Start time

Arsenal host Atletico Madrid at the Emirates Stadium, London, with kick-off scheduled for 8:05pm on Thursday, April 26.

TV, live stream and social coverage

The match will be televised on BT Sport 2 and BT Sport 4K UHD from 7:30pm. BT Sport subscribers can stream the match online via the video player and BT Sport app.

We will be LIVE at the Emirates with expert analysis on our dedicated Europa League blog and all the latest reaction from the team on Twitter and Facebook.

Prediction

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• Arsenal to reach the final (inc ET, pens): 13/8

• First goal Ateltico: 11/10

• Griezmann to score: 13/10

• Lacazette to score: 2/1

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Head to head

Arsenal and Atletico have never played a competitive match in Europe together. The Gunners beat Atletico 2-1 in the Emirates Cup pre-season tournameny back in 2009.

Team news

Arsenal wll be able to welcome back Jack Wilshere, Petr Cech and Mesut Ozil on Thursday.

Wilshere, Cech and Ozil missed Sunday's win over West Ham as they were given time to recover from ankle, hip injuries and illness respectively. Sead Kolasinac (ankle) is also available.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan (knee), Mohamed Elneny (ankle) and Santi Cazorla (Achilles) remain sidelined, however, while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is ineligible.

Provisional squad: Cech, Ospina, Holding, Mustafi, Chambers, Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Nelson, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Willock, Wilshere, Ramsey, Ozil, Iwobi, Welbeck, Lacazette, Nketiah.

Atletico coach Simeone insists Diego Costa is fit and ready to "intimidate" Arsenal after recovering from a hamstring problem.

Predicted line-ups

Arsenal (4-3-3): Cech; Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Xhaka, Wilshere, Ramsey; Ozil, Welbeck, Lacazette

Atletico (4-4-2): Oblak; Vrsaljko, Godin, Savic, Hernandez; Koke, Gabi, Saul Niguez, Correa; Costa, Griezmann