See the statistics ahead Arsenal, Vorskla Poltava’s battle tonight

Arsenal will host Vorskla Poltava later tonight but only few people are aware of their previous encounters. Here are some of the facts about the two sides as provided by Opta:

* This will be the first-ever competitive meeting between Arsenal and Vorskla Poltava.

* Vorskla Poltava are appearing in only their second UEFA Europa League campaign in its current format (since 2009-10). In their first, they won just two points from six group stages matches and scored only four goals.

* Vorskla Poltava finished as the third best team in the Ukrainian Premier League in 2017- 18. However, with 49 points from 32 games to their name, they finished 26 points behind winners Shakhtar Donetsk and 24 points behind 2nd placed Dynamo Kyiv.

* In winning the UEFA Europa League in 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16, Arsenal manager Unai Emery shares the record for the most UEFA Cup/Europa League titles with Italian Giovanni Trapattoni (3). Emery is the only manager to win the Europa League/UEFA Cup three seasons in a row.

* Arsenal made it through to the UEFA Europa League semi-finals last season, before losing 1-2 on aggregate to eventual winners Atletico Madrid.