Zubimendi committed two fouls and was shown a yellow card when these sides met earlier on in the campaign and should have plenty of work to get through again on his return to Spain here.

Zubimendi sees an increase in his foul numbers when playing in the Champions League, committing 17 fouls across his 10 starts in the competition (1.78 per 90) - a rise on the 0.95 fouls committed per 90 he’s averaging in the Premier League this season.

I think this is due to Arsenal being a bit more expressive when playing in the Champions League, often leaving Zubimendi as the only defensive presence in the midfield when Rice and Eze/Odegaard get forward.

Zubimendi has picked up four yellow cards across his 10 starts in the Champions League this term, which is actually as many as he’s collected in the Premier League, despite making 23 more starts. 

Le Normand really struggled to contain Gyokeres when these sides met earlier in the campaign, the Arsenal forward drew four fouls in total from the Atletico Madrid backline with Le Normand responsible for three of these fouls.

Both Le Normand and his centre back partner in Gimenez were shown a yellow card in that game, with Atletico Madrid committing 10 fouls in total on that occasion. I think Gyokeres can cause Le Normand problems again, he’ll know that he has the physical advantage over the defender and can force him into a few clumsy challenges.

Le Normand is generally quite aggressive for a cen tyre e back as well, picking up two yellow cards across his eight starts for Atletico Madrid in the Champions League this season. 

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Freiburg have avoided defeat in each of their last three Europa League matches, scoring 11 goals across these games.

Freiburg have avoided defeat in 10 of their 12 Europa League matches this season.

Braga have lost or drawn seven of their 15 home games in Liga Portugal this campaign.

Braga drew their most recent home game in the Europa League against Real Betis. 

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Palace have avoided defeat in nine of their 12 Conference League matches this season.

Palace have the top scorer left in the competition in Ismaila Sarr with seven goals to his name in the Conference League.

Shakhtar have not faced a side of Palace’s quality in the Conference League yet this season, beating KuPS, Lech Poznan and Alkmaar to reach the semi finals.

Palace are the bookmakers’ favourites to win the Conference League this season. 

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Both sides saw BTTS over the weekend, with Rayo Vallecano drawing 3-3 with Real Sociedad and Strasbourg registering a 3-2 win over Lorient.

Strasbourg have seen BTTS in 14 of the 21 games that Gary O’Neil has taken charge of since arriving at the club (66%).

Rayo Vallecano saw BTTS in their most recent Conference League game, losing 3-1 to AEK Athens on the road.

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Each of the last 10 head to head meetings between these sides has produced 2+ goals, the most recent meeting finished 1-1.

Forest have seen 2+ goals in 10 of the 14 games that Vitor Pereira has taken charge of since taking over from Sean Dyche (71%).

Villa have seen 2+ goals in four of their last five matches across all competitions.