WARSAW, POLAND - MAY 27: Unai Emery, coach of Sevilla kisses the trophy after the UEFA Europa League Final match between FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and FC Sevilla on May 27, 2015 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images)

Arsenal v FC Vorskla: All you need to know

Sep 20, 2018

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.

3Links and trivia

MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 08: Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Arsenal celebrates after scoring the opening goal during UEFA Europa League Round of 16 match between AC Milan and Arsenal at the San Siro on March 8, 2018 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Arsenal’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan played in Ukraine from 2009–2013 for Metalurh Donetsk and Shakhtar Donetsk, scoring twice in the league against Vorskla for each club.
Mkhitaryan played alongside Vorskla goalkeeper Bohdan Shust for both Donetsk clubs and was a team-mate of Olexandr Chyzhov at Shakhtar. He has also played with Gegam Kadimyan for the Armenian national side.

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