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On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the third round of Champions League league phase matches will take place.
Arsenal hopes to continue their undefeated start when they host Atletico Madrid at the Emirates tonight.
In their opening two games, Mikel Arteta’s team defeated Olympiakos and Athletic Bilbao.
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To start their campaign, Atletico, on the other side, crushed Frankfurt 5-1.
After losing 1-0 to Chelsea, Jose Mourinho returns to England for the second straight game day.
This time, Mourinho travels to Newcastle United with his Benfica team. Last time out, the Magpies crushed Union Saint-Gilloise 4-0.
You can get real-time updates from these two games as well as others this evening with XANDERTECH.
Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Guimaraes, Miley, Ramsey Murphy, Woltemade, Gordon are the players in Newcastle’s starting lineup.
Trubin, Dedic, Silva, Otamendi, Araujo, Rios, Barrenchea, Aursnes, Sudakov, Lukebakio, and Pavlidis are the starting lineup for Benfica.
Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Zubimendi, Eze, Saka, Martinelli, and Gyokeres are the players in Arsenal’s starting lineup.
Oblak, Gimenez, Koke, Barrios, Sorloth, Llorente, Hancko, Alvarez, Simeone, Gonzalez, and Le Normand are the starting lineup for Atletico Madrid.
FIRST HALF: Anthony Gordon’s goal gives Newcastle a 1-0 lead over Benfica.
However, against Atletico, Arsenal is unable to capitalise on their superiority. 0-0 at the end of the first half.
Half-time.
SECOND HALF: Harvey gives Newcastle the lead twice.
Gabriel, Martinelli, and Gyokeres (brace) have given Arsenal a four-goal advantage following a second-half flurry.