Arsenal are through to the Europa League last 32 after hammering BATE Borisov 6-0. The Gunners got goals from Mathieu Debuchy, Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere, Olivier Giroud, Mohamed El-Nenny to secure their win. BATE’s Dyzanis Palyakow added an own goal.
Arsenal through to Europa League last 32
Arsenal topped group H with 13 points. The team will now wait for their Europa League last 32 opponents to be drawn on Monday 11th December.
Sports website FiveThirtyEight has projected Arsenal as the third favourite team to win the competition. Arsenal have an 11% chance of winning the Europa League Final. Napoli and Atletico Madrid, both teams that will join the Europa League last 32 after finishing third in their respective Champions League groups, have been projected a 13% chance of winning the tournament, respectively.
Arsenal currently sit fifth in the Premier League, one point behind Liverpool. The Gunners will travel to Southampton on Sunday to play the Saints. The game will be televised on in the United Kingdom on BTSports. The two sides will kick off at lunchtime.
6 – Arsenal have scored 6+ goals in a European game within UEFA competition for only the sixth time in their history. Deadly.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 7, 2017