Arsenal meet FC Vorskla on Thursday night as they begin their second adventure in the Europa League with the competition’s most experienced manager at the helm this time.

With few Arsenal fans aware of what they are likely to get from the game, here are some stats and facts courtesy of UEFA to give you a little flavour of what to expect.

Arsenal v FC Vorskla Poltava

2017/18 semi-finalists Arsenal return to the UEFA Europa League with a new coach in competition specialist Unai Emery and with a home fixture against Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava who, like the Gunners, qualified automatically for the group stage through their domestic league position.

1Previous meetings

21 Oct 1998: Remi Garde of Arsenal goes in on Andrei Husin of Dynamo Kiev during the UEFA Champions League match at Wembley in London. The game ended 1-1. (Gary M Prior/Allsport)
  • Whereas Vorskla are meeting English opposition for the first time, Arsenal have faced Ukrainian clubs on ten previous occasions and have a perfectly even record of four wins, four defeats, 15 goals scored and the same number conceded.
  • At home the London side are unbeaten against Ukrainian visitors, winning four of the five games, all in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and drawing the other – 1-1 against Dynamo Kyiv at Wembley Stadium in 1998/99, when the visitors scored an added-time equaliser.
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