Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Arsenal: Europa League Odds, Live Stream, TV Schedule

Arsenal open another season in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday with a trip to face Eintracht Frankfurt in a tantalising Group F headliner.

The two teams came close to contesting last year's final but now clash at the Commerzbank-Arena hoping for an early boost to their European prospects for this season.

Arsenal are without a win in their last two away games (since the 1-0 opening-day victory at Newcastle United), while Eintracht's only Bundesliga points this season have come at home to Fortuna Dusseldorf and Hoffenheim.

Gunners manager Unai Emery has played a part in four of the last six Europa League finals (he won three with Sevilla) and returns to Europe's second-tier competition targeting a fast start.

Date: Thursday, September 19

Time: 5:55 p.m. BST/12:55 p.m. ET

Venue: Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

Live Stream: B/R Live (U.S.), BT Sport Live (UK), fuboTV (U.S.)

TV Info: BT Sport 2 (UK)

Odds

Eintracht Frankfurt: 43-20

Draw: 5-2

Arsenal: 5-4

Via Caesars.

Preview

The visit to Frankfurt promises to be Arsenal's most difficult fixture of the group on paper—the Eagles made it to the semi-finals last season and were only beaten on penalties by eventual winners Chelsea.

The Gunners' early-season form has been mixed. They lost 3-1 at Liverpool in late August, but surrendering a 2-0 lead to draw at Watford on Sunday was arguably a bigger disappointment, via Sky Sports:

Emery has placed a lot of faith in Arsenal's attack this season, but journalist Charles Watts highlighted the absence of Alexandre Lacazette, who is out until October due to an ankle injury:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in the first half at Vicarage Road, while £72 million signing Nicolas Pepe is still to open his account after five appearances for the club.

That being said, the defence should be an area of concern leading up to Thursday. David Luiz and Sokratis Papastathopoulos were at fault for each of Watford's goals, but injury analyst Ben Dinnery noted Rob Holding could soon be back after nine months out with a knee problem:

Goncalo Paciencia has scored three times for Frankfurt this season—their only player to have netted more than once—and the first Portuguese to play for the club shoulders a big responsibility in attack.

Four games into the Bundesliga season and Paciencia has already accrued as many goals as he did over the course of 2018-19, albeit he was limited to just 11 league appearances due to a meniscus injury.

The former FC Porto star issued a rallying call after his side lost 2-1 at Augsburg on Saturday:

Paciencia has helped make up the attack after Luka Jovic (Real Madrid), Sebastien Haller (West Ham United) and Ante Rebic (AC Milan on loan) all left during the summer transfer window.

Frankfurt may no longer pose the same threat in terms of personnel, but a record of two wins from two at home this season may intimidate an Arsenal team that is a lot less reliable away from home.