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Arsenal have won one of their last four games in all competitions Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta wants his players to make a Champions League statement by recording a big win against Sporting on Tuesday. The Gunners ended a run of three games without victory in all competitions with a 3-0 win against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday. They have won two of their four games in the Champions League so far but have failed to win or score in their two away games in the competition this season. They lost 1-0 to Inter Milan in their last European fixture, leaving them 12th in the league phase of the new-look Champions League table. "It's certainly something we have to improve, " said Arteta. "I think we have made the right steps and, looking back with the way we played against Inter, which is a team that has been so dominant in their league, reached the final of the Champions League which they should have won, to play and dominate that game. "But the reality is that you have to make it happen and we didn't. "Making those steps is what we have to do next. Be ruthless, be efficient in the opposition box and do what we have to do to take the three points away from here. " Sporting beat Manchester City 4-1 in their final Champions League game under Ruben Amorim, who has since taken charge of Manchester United. The Portuguese side are now managed by former reserve team boss Joao Pereira, who will look to continue their incredible unbeaten run of 17 wins and one draw since the start of the season. Arteta added: "That is a great challenge that we have, to come here and make a statement and show we are capable against this kind of opponent. Be ourselves and win the game. " Kieran Tierney, who has been sidelined since June after suffering a hamstring injury at Euro 2024 with Scotland, has been included in the squad. Last Updated 7th November 2024 at 12: 20 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. UEFA Champions League All competitions All competitions All competitions This will be the seventh meeting between Sporting CP and Arsenal in European competition, while the Portuguese side are still looking for their first victory over the Gunners (D4 L2). Each of the last three meetings between the two have ended level, however. If Sporting CP fail to win this match, Arsenal will be the opponent they’ve faced the most times in European competition without ever winning (7). They’re winless in six against them so far, which is their joint-most against an opponent, along with Bayer Leverkusen and Partizan Belgrade. Arsenal have only won one of their 11 away matches against Portuguese sides in major European competition (D6 L4), while they were beaten on their most recent trip last season (0-1 v FC Porto in February). The Gunners’ only such victory did come away to Sporting CP, however (1-0 in October 2018). Sporting CP are unbeaten in their four UEFA Champions League games this season (W3 D1), although all were under manager Rúben Amorim who has since left. This will be João Pereira’s first match as a manager in the competition, while the last Sporting CP boss to win his first such game was Paulo Bento back in September 2006 (1-0 v Internazionale) – the previous three all failed to win (D1 L2). Arsenal are winless in their last five away games in the UEFA Champions League (D2 L3), while failing to score in each of the last four. Only one English team has ever failed to score in five consecutive away games in European Cup/Champions League history: Manchester United (5 – October 2004-November 2005). Teams who’ve faced Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League this season have seen 57% of their total touches come while under high-intensity pressure from an opposition player – this is the highest percentage for oppositions sides against a specific opponent in 2024-25. Viktor Gyökeres has been directly involved in six goals in four UEFA Champions League appearances for Sporting CP this season (5 goals, 1 assist), already the joint-most by a player in a single campaign for the club in the competition (also 6 by Nani in 2014-15). Among midfielders to have contested 10+ duels in the UEFA Champions League, the two players with the highest duel success rate are Arsenal pair Declan Rice (79% - 11/14) and Mikel Merino (75% - 12/16). Meanwhile, the player with the best aerial duel success rate in the competition this term is Gabriel Magalhães (86% - 12/14, min. 10 aerial duels). If the 17-year-old Geovany Quenda features for Sporting CP in this game, he will equal Rúben Neves for the most UEFA Champions League appearances by a Portuguese player while under-18 (5 – Quenda currently on 4 appearances). Kai Havertz (146) and Leandro Trossard (99) make up two of the three players who have made the most high-intensity pressures in the final third in the UEFA Champions League this season (Ludovic Ajorque 2nd on 107). Indeed, Arsenal are the side who’ve made the most as a team (543) in the competition this term. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.