This is a 2 leg semi-final, with Arsenal away for the first leg, & facing up to a Villareal side managed by Unai Emery, who was at one time the Arsenal Manager.
Current Manager Arteta has his big guns ready to return - Aubameyang & Lacazette are both expected to be fit. And for comedy purposes, so is David Luiz.
Villareal v Arsenal @ 8pm
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The league table after Wednesday's terrific match in Paris.
@GGGGCCCC £11.94
@lufc333 £9.79
@PKRPar £8.69
@Essexphil £6.54
@MattBates £6.50
@edrich £5.79
@waller02 £5.59
@Boxster £4.69
@ikelly £4.69
@1981MATT £4.35
@pompeynic £3.94
@TVSpice £3.44
@wynne1938 £2.50
@TheEdge949 £1.59
@poppy765 £1.59
@stokefc £1.59
@Red_King £1.25
@buzka £1.10
@EdNo £1.10
@2Geronimo £0.69
@eon1961 £0.69
@goldnballz £0.35
@SidV79 £0.15
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@dragon1964 -£1.46
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@mumsie -£2.41
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@OSCAR66 -£2.90
@Snuffer -£2.90
@thefall -£2.90
@Vaigret -£2.90
@Glenelg -£4.56
@MAXALLY -£4.56
@mkgunner -£4.56
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@thedazzman -£4.56
@tmc460 -£4.56
@68Trebor -£6.00
@bbMike -£6.00
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@Enut -£6.00
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@millwise11 -£6.00
@mondo1985 -£6.00
@onejohnb -£6.00
@pomfrittes -£6.00
@robalanxxx -£6.00
@safc71 -£6.00
@SMARTGOAT -£6.00
@Tikay10 -£6.00
@tomgoodun -£6.00
@zadoc -£6.00
Villareal v Arsenal @ 8pm
1 - 2 - X
Villareal @ 7/5
Draw @ 12/5
Arsenal @ 19/10
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TOTAL GOALS
No Goals @ 9/1
Exactly 1 Goal @ 7/2
Exactly 2 Goals @ 9/4
Exactly 3 Goals @ 3/1
Exactly 4 Goals @ 5/1
Exactly 5 Goals @ 11/1
6+ Goals @ 12/1
Opta stats
Villarreal and Arsenal will play for the fifth time in European competition, with the previous four games taking place in the UEFA Champions League (semi-finals in 2005-06 and quarter-finals in 2008-09) - Villarreal are yet to beat the Gunners (D2 L2).
Arsenal are yet to beat Villarreal away from home, drawing on both previous visits (2006 and 2009). Their one goal in those games was an Emmanuel Adebayor overhead kick assisted by Cesc Fàbregas, while Robert Pires appeared as a substitute for the hosts.
This is the first European semi-final tie that Villarreal will contest since losing 1-3 on aggregate to Liverpool at the same stage of this competition in 2015-16; in fact, they have been eliminated from all four of their major European semi-final ties.
Arsenal have reached the semi-finals of European competition for the 10th time (including Fairs Cup), with the Gunners getting to the last four in three of their four UEFA Europa League campaigns.
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Thank you.