Arsenal have won each of their last four Premier League games and are looking to win five in a row for the third time this season, after September 28th to November 1st and December 13th to January 3rd. It would be only the third Premier League season in which the Gunners have had three separate runs of 5+ successive wins, after 2013-14 and 2022-23.

The Gunners can take a 12-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.

Sporting CP host Arsenal at Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon on Tuesday for the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal.

English Premier League titan Arsenal makes the trek to Portugal on Tuesday for the first leg of a Champions League quarterfinal with Sporting CP. The match is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. ET with exclusive streaming on Paramount+ (free trial).

Sporting have scored 13 goals across their last three competitive matches, so Arsenal will need to stay focused defensively. Considering this is a two-legged tie, and based on the more pragmatic version of Arteta’s approach that they’ve shown this season, there’s little reason to expect Arsenal to push aggressively.

Arsenal will aim to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to 12 points against a Bournemouth side unbeaten in their past 11 matches. BBC Sport examines some of the key themes ahead of their meeting at Emirates Stadium.

There was, however, more promising news in the shape of Eberechi Eze’s recovery from the calf injury that ruled has ruled him out of action for club and country since the starring role he played in Arsenal’s Champions League last 16 second leg win over Bayer Leverkusen last month.

Arsenal showed their defensive resilience yet again and kept a clean sheet as Kai Havertz's solitary goal helped them defeat Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of quarter-final