Lens vs Arsenal live score, updates, lineups, and result from Champions League Group B match

Arsenal will aim to make it two wins out of two in Champions League Group B when they travel to face Lens.

Mikel Arteta’s side made an emphatic return to European football’s top table with a 4-0 win over PSV Eindhoven.

Lens drew 1-1 against Sevilla last time out in the Champions League and Franck Haise’s team have since won back-to-back Ligue 1 games to check a wretched start to their domestic season

The Sporting News will be following the Lens vs. Arsenal match live, providing score updates, commentary, and highlights as they happen.

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Lens vs Arsenal live score

1st Half
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Lineups:

Lens lineup (3-4-3, right to left): 30. Brice Samba (GK) — 24. Jonathan Gradit, 4. Kevin Danso, 14. Facundo Medina — 29. Przemyslaw Frankowski, 6. Salis Abdul Samed, 26. Nampalys Mendy, 3. Deiver Machado — 7. Florian Sotoca, 9. Elye Wahi, 28. Adrien Thomasson

Arsenal (formation, right to left): 22. David Raya (GK) — 18. Takehiro Tomiyasu, 2. William Saliba, 6. Gabriel, 35. Oleksandr Zinchenko — 8. Martin Odegaard, 41. Declan Rice, 29. Kai Havertz — 7. Bukayo Saka, 9. Gabriel Jesus, 19. Leandro Trossard

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Lens vs Arsenal live updates, highlights, and commentary

40 mins to KO: Lens boss Haise is calling upon his dependable backline to tackle a tall task tonight. Goalkeeper Samba and the back three of Gradit, Danso and Medina were mainstays in their Ligue 1 campaign last season and key reason for Lens being here on this stage at all. In 38 top-flight games, Haise’s men were breached just 29 times.

55 mins to KO: And this is the Lens team. Winger Adrien Thomasson comes in for their only change from the weekend.

— Racing Club de Lens (@RCLens) October 3, 2023

1 hour to KO: The teams are in and Arsenal have gone strong. Saka starts alongside Trossard and Jesus in attack. Tomiyasu starting ahead of White at right-back is perhaps the only possible example of rest and rotation.

🟢 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 🔵

🇯🇵 Tomi at the back
🇧🇪 Trossard on the wing
🇧🇷 Jesus leads the line

Let’s do this – together! pic.twitter.com/vTVZ5HxfBL

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 3, 2023

1 hr 20 mins to KO: Team news will be with us shortly. Arsenal have a mouthwatering Premier League encounter with champions Manchester City on Sunday, so it will be interesting to see whether Mikel Arteta rests any key men for this one. Bukayo Saka took a knock during the closing stages of Saturday’s 4-0 win over Bournemouth.

1 hr 40 mins to KO: Arsenal swaggered back into the Champions League with a 4-0 win over PSV on matchday one. They did not have things all their own way when they last met Lens at this stage of the competitions, way back in 1998. The Gunners played their Champions League home games at Wembley that season and the Ligue 1 side left England’s national stadium with a famous 1-0 win before drawing 1-1 back at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, which also hosts tonight’s game.

2 hours to KO: Hello and welcome to the Sporting News’ live coverage of Lens versus Arsenal in Champions League Group B. Stay tuned for all the buildup and team news, before updates from the game itself.

⏪ Last time out in the @ChampionsLeague 😍 pic.twitter.com/eSVlSw8F58
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 3, 2023

Lens vs Arsenal lineups, team news

Lens secured a creditable 1-1 draw away at Sevilla in their Champions League opener. Adrien Thomasson comes into the front three, while Massadio Haidara and David Costa are still sidelined through injury.

Lens lineup (3-4-3, right to left): Samba (GK) — Medina, Danso, Gradit — Frankowski, Abdul Samed, Mendy, Machado — Sotoca, Wahi, Thomasson

Thomas Partey and Gabriel Martinelli remain out of action for Arsenal but star winger Bukayo Saka remained in the starting XI.

The England international was passed fit to start in the weekend’s 4-0 Premier League win over Bournemouth, but he was forced off late on.

Arsenal lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Raya (GK) — Tomiyasu, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko — Odegaard, Rice, Havertz — Saka, Jesus, Trossard

Lens vs Arsenal live stream, TV channel

The Lens vs. Arsenal match from the Champions League kicks off at 9:00 p.m. local time from the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, France.

Here’s how to watch the match across selected areas of the world’s major regions:

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Streaming
USA
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Paramount+, ViX
Canada
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DAZN

UK
TNT Sports 2
discovery+
Australia
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Stan Sport
India
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Sony LIV, JioTV
Hong Kong
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beIN Sports Connect
Malaysia
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beIN Sports Connect
Singapore
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beIN Sports Connect
New Zealand
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beIN Sports Connect