Arsenal and Atletico Madrid meet at the Emirates with their Champions League semifinal finely balanced at 1-1, setting up a decisive night with a place in the Budapest final at stake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both sides arrive in strong form: Arsenal\u2019s 3-0 win over Fulham boosted their domestic title push, while Atletico eased past Valencia 2-0, allowing key players to rest. Bukayo Saka\u2019s timely return has revitalised Mikel Arteta\u2019s attack, adding sharpness and creativity just when it matters most. The Gunners, chasing a rare league and European double, are eyeing only their second Champions League final. Atletico, led by Diego Simeone, will rely on resilience and big-game experience, with Julian Alvarez under particular focus amid transfer speculation.<\/p>\n
HIGHLIGHTS<\/p>\n
**Arsenal have lost only one of their last 15 UEFA home matches against Spanish clubs (W9 D5), winning their last three without conceding, including a 4-0 victory over Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.<\/p>\n
**The Gunners have won five and lost four of their nine previous Champions League two-legged ties against Spanish opposition. This is their second semi-final against a La Liga side, having previously beaten Villarreal 1-0 on aggregate in 2005\u201306.<\/p>\n
**Arsenal remain the only unbeaten team in this season\u2019s Champions League (W10 D3), matching their longest unbeaten European run from March 2005 to April 2006.<\/p>\n
**Atletico have won just two of their last 13 UEFA matches against English sides (D3 L8), and have lost their last four UEFA away games against Premier League opposition.<\/p>\n
**However, Atl\u00e9tico have an excellent semi-final record, winning all three of their previous UEFA semi-final ties against English teams, and six of their last seven UEFA semi-final ties overall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal and Atletico Madrid meet at the Emirates with their Champions League semifinal finely balanced at 1-1, setting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-426100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}