Hello and welcome to live coverage of BATE Borisov v Arsenal.

This is the first leg of the tournament. Given the struggles Arsenal have had lately, the Europa League is pretty important, and winnable. They clatter this side today if the opportunity presents itself, to give themselves a week off for the return leg and get back to focusing on the top four.

Arsenal start with a pretty strong team. Petr Cech is in goal, but there are some junior players there too - Maitland-Niles, Iwobi, and Guendouzi.

Welcome to the Alexander Hleb derby, with the midfielder taking up his role as a playmaker at the age of 37.

TEAMS: BATE: Scherbitskiy; Rios, Volkov, Filipenko, Filipovic; Baga, Dragun, Hleb; Skavysh, Milic, Stasevich. /// Arsenal: Cech, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Kolasinac, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette. Subs: Leno, Lichtsteiner, Elneny, Torreira, Suarez, Aubameyang, Nketiah.