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Arsenal vs Athletic Club LIVE: Emirates Cup

Arsenal vs Athletic Club LIVE


Arsenal conclude their pre-season preparations on home soil this evening as they take on La Liga outfit Athletic Club in the Emirates Cup. The club's annual summer competition will provide Gunners manager Mikel Arteta with one final chance to experiment with his tactics ahead of the Premier League opener away at Manchester United next weekend.

A summer that began with real promise has somewhat faded over the past week as performances in defeats to Tottenham and Villarreal have raised plenty of questions. While results are never the main focus in pre-season, the Gunners have suffered back-to-back losses so returning to winning ways could provide a welcome confidence boost ahead of the trip to Old Trafford.

Team news reminder

Here is how both teams will line-up today.

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard (C), Saka, Gyokeres, Martinelli

Substitutes: Kepa, Rojas, White, Mosquera, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Lewis-Skelly, Norgaard, Lokonga, Merino, Madueke, Nwaneri, Nelson, Havertz

Athletic Club XI: Unai Simon; Areso, Vivian, Lekue, Yuri; Galaretta, Jauregizar; I.Williams, Unai, N.Williams; Berenguer

Substitutes: Padilla, Gorosabel, Vesga, Guruzeta, Maroan, Robert Navarro, Rego, Adama, Nico Serrano, De Luis, Izeta

Nico Williams starts

Heavily linked with a move to Arsenal earlier in the summer before signing a new contract with his boyhood club, Nico Williams starts at the Emirates Stadium today!

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