Overview
- The first leg kicks off Tuesday at 8pm BST at Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, with UK coverage on Amazon Prime Video.
- Arsenal won all eight group games and came through the last 16, and sportsbooks price them as road favourites for this tie.
- Sporting have 17 straight home wins in all competitions and a perfect European home record this season, including a 5-0 second-leg win that overturned a 3-0 loss to Bodø/Glimt.
- Viktor Gyökeres returns to his former club after a reported €66m move last summer and has scored for Arsenal in both the Premier League and Champions League this season.
- Sporting captain Morten Hjulmand is suspended, Arsenal monitor centre-back Gabriel Magalhães, and threats to watch include Colombian striker Luis Suárez and creator Francisco Trincão.