Arsenal headed to Ukraine for their Group G opener against Dynamo on the back of three straight wins, scoring 11 goals without reply.

However, Arsenal have in the past failed to find their form when travelling to the eastern fringes in Europe's elite club competition.

Wenger's men were beaten on their previous trips to Moscow - the last against CSKA two years ago following a 4-1 drubbing to Spartak in 2000/2001 campaign, and have lost twice to Dynamo in 1998 and again in 2003 - while they were on the end of a 3-0 reverse with Shakhtar Donetsk.

However, this time around - when the 17,000-capacity Stadion Valeriy Lobanovskyi will play host venue rather than the Olympic Stadium, which is being rebuilt ahead of Euro 2012 - the Arsenal manager believes things will be different.

Wenger said: "Usually football in this region can be a little bit destabilising because if you do not prepare mentally well you can be surprised by the level of commitment here.

"We have had some bad experiences in this part of Europe before, but when we lacked experience we were always surprised by that level of commitment and enthusiasm we got from Kiev.

"I believe we have learned that any place in the world is difficult and I believe mentally we can cope with that better now."

Wenger added: "What is important is that we play well. At the stadium, they get a big support. We have enough experience to deal with that.

"But what is important when you go into a game like that is to play at least as close as possible to your full potential. In a Champions League game you do not get away with less.

"We know in Kiev it is always a very, very difficult place and we respect that - but it is important to start well.

"To knock Spartak Moscow out (in the qualifiers) and score eight goals, that is one advantage - it will keep us on our toes and prepare mentally very well because that is a remarkable performance."

Neither of Arsenal's summer signings travelled, with both Sami Nasri and Mikael Silvestre left in London to continue rehabilitation from minor ankle and thigh problems respectively.

Dynamo will be hoping for an improved Champions League campaign after slumping to the worst record of the 32 competing teams last season.

The capital club failed to register a single point as they crashed out in the group stage and better will be expected after a solid start to the new domestic season.

Dynamo sit second in the Ukrainian league after just one defeat in seven outings and confidence is high among Yuri Semin's troops.

A Ukrainian Cup fixture at the weekend allowed Semin to rest the bulk of his starting XI ahead of the meeting with the Gunners, but the match will nevertheless come too soon for Oleh Gusev, who has a long-term knee injury.

Carlos Correa (leg) and Artem Milevskiy (ankle) are back in training after injuries and could make the matchday squad.