Arsenal vs Valencia - Live, 2019, Europa League IN HD TV

Arsenal vs Valencia: Arsenal welcome Valencia to the Emirates Stadium on Thursday for the first leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-final. Arsenal will look to divert attention from their alarming domestic form when they host Valencia in the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals tonight.

The Gunners head into the game having lost their last three matches in the Premier League, and the defeats have left them two points outside the UEFA Champions League places with two games to play. Victory in the UEFA Europa League looks to be their best chance of qualifying for next season's Champions League, but they will have to get past La Liga opposition first.

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Team : Arsenal vs Valencia
Date: 2-May-2019
Live/Repeat:Live

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Valencia are in a similar position to Arsenal in their league campaign. Marcelino's men are sixth, three points off fourth place, and have tasted defeat in their last two outings.Emery knows exactly what it takes to win the Europa League, as he lifted the trophy three times during his time in charge of Sevilla. The 47-year-old says his team have "big ambition and motivation" ahead of the game against Valencia, per Nick Mashiter at Press Association Sport (h/t MailOnline).

Arsenal will need to improve if they are to snap out of their poor form. However, they can take confidence from their home record in the competition:The Gunners won five and drew one of their six group games, and they have gone on to beat BATE Borisov, Rennes and Napoli in the knockout stages.

Emery does have some injury problems for Thursday's match. He will be without Aaron Ramsey because of a hamstring injury, but Mesut Ozil and Nacho Monreal are expected to be fit, per Phil Spencer and Tashan Deniran-Alleyne at Football.London.

Arsenal's hopes of progressing may lie with forwards Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, although neither player is in prolific form. Lacazette has one goal in his last six games and just two in the tournament this season, while Aubameyang has two in seven. Valencia will be without former Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin for the first leg through suspension. However, ex-Gunner Gabriel Paulista is available to face his old team.

Arsenal XI: Cech, Mustafi, Koscielny​, Sokratis, Maitland-Niles, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Ozil, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Valencia XI: Neto, Wass, Garay, Gabriel, Gaya, Torres, Parejo, Soler, Guedes, Gameiro, Mina.

Arsenal have endured a truly wretched seven days and will need to improve significantly to avoid a second successive semi-final exit. Valencia are also coming off back-to-back domestic defeats, though have lost only two of their last seven European games on the road.