Champions League Matchday 4: Slavia Praha vs Arsenal facts

Having claimed their first point of the UEFA Champions League season in their third fixture, Slavia Praha now face the challenge of last season's runners-up Arsenal in Czechia on Matchday 4.

Previous meetings

Arsenal are unbeaten in their five games against Slavia (W3 D2), winning 3-0 in Prague on Matchday 4 last season with Bukayo Saka scoring once and Mikel Merino twice. That game was played on 4 November 2025, exactly 12 months before this fixture.

Aged 15 years 308 days, Max Dowman became the Champions League's youngest-ever player when he came on as a substitute at Slavia last season.

Tomáš Holeš scored Slavia's equaliser in their 1-1 draw at Arsenal in the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg. Saka was among the Arsenal scorers as they won the return 4-0 in Prague.

Arsenal’s 7-0 Champions League win at home to Slavia on 23 October 2007 remains their joint-biggest win in European club competition.

Slavia have not scored in their three home matches against Arsenal, drawing 0-0 with the Gunners in the 2007/08 group stage.

Arsenal are unbeaten in their 11 matches against Czech opposition (W9 D2) and have kept a clean sheet in all six away games (W5 D1).

Slavia lost 3-0 at Tottenham on Matchday 6 last season, making it three successive defeats without scoring against English opponents and ten goals conceded.

Slavia are without a win in their last eight home matches against English visitors (D2 L6) since beating Leeds United 2-1 in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup quarter-final second leg (2-4 aggregate).

The Czech club have not scored in their last five home matches against English clubs.

Club history

Slavia Praha

This is Slavia's fourth campaign in the Champions League proper; they were eliminated in the group stage in 2007/08 and 2019/20.

In 2025/26, the Prague side were 34th in the league phase (D3 L5).

The Czech club are taking part in a UEFA group stage/league phase for the tenth successive season.

Arsenal

Having not featured in the Champions League proper between 2016/17 and 2023/24, Arsenal are making their fourth successive appearance and 23rd overall.

The Gunners reached a second final last season – their best run in the competition since 2005/06 – losing 4-3 on penalties to Paris Saint-Germain after a 1-1 draw in Budapest.

Mikel Arteta's side had won all eight league phase games – the first club to do so under the current format – before beating Bayer Leverkusen (3-1 aggregate), Sporting CP (1-0) and Atlético de Madrid (2-1) in the knockout phase.

Links and trivia

A 2-2 draw at Fenerbahçe on Matchday 3 – a game in which they trailed 0-2 after 11 minutes – was Slavia's 18th European game without a win (D6 L12), a new club record.

Beaten 2-3 by Lens in Prague on Matchday 1, Slavia are winless in nine home European matches (D4 L5), also a club record.

Slavia have not won any of their last 22 games in the Champions League proper (D8 L14), since a 2-1 home victory against Steaua București on Matchday 1 of their debut campaign in September 2007.

A 2-2 Matchday 3 draw at Bayern München ended Arsenal's 14-game winning run in the league phase, although they are unbeaten in regular time in 18 Champions League matches (W13 D5).

Mikel Arteta's side are also unbeaten in nine away Champions League games (W6 D3).

Arsenal have lost only one of their last 23 group stage/league phase matches (W19 D3).

The Gunners have scored in their last 14 Champions League away fixtures.

Arsenal have lost only one of the 27 away Champions League matches in which they led at half-time (W19 D7).

Eberechi Eze has scored in Arsenal's last two league phase games.