2023-24 Champions League: head-to-head Arsenal FC - RC Lens, Wednesday 29/11/2023

Arsenal FC (Premier League) have 98.4 million followers (10^th best among the clubs in the European Top 5) on social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X, as of 01/11/2023), 36 times more than RC Lens (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) and their 2.7 million (57^th), as the two clubs prepare to face each other on Matchday 5 in Group B of the 2023-24 Champions League at the Emirates Stadium (London, ENG) on Wednesday 29/11/2023 (kick-off at 20:00 local time, 21:00 CET).

The 2022-23 Premier League runners-up posted a turnover of €433.5m and a net loss of €53.3m for the 2021-22 financial year, compared with revenues of €47.4m and a net profit of €1.6m for their French rivals. Over the same period, the London club had a wage bill of €249m, 6.5 times that of RC Lens (€38m).

In 2023-24, there are 22 Arsenal-trained players plying their trade in the European Top 5 leagues, compared with 14 representatives from the French club's academy. Of these players, five are active at the Premier League club, where their playing time accounts for 22.1% of the squad's total, while only two members of RC Lens's…