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Arsenal will try to recover -losing the final game of his tour in Asia when he welcomes the Villarreal of the Spanish club on Wednesday.
After beating AC Milan and Newcastle, Mikel Arteta’s side seemed well prepared to get three three wins when they faced North London in Tottenham in Hong Kong on Thursday.
However, Pape Sarre’s impressive goal in half -time stroke condemned gunners to a surprise 1-0 defeat.
101Gratgoals.com has the confirmed initial alignments, the teams and teams of the match day for the friendly preseason between Arsenal and Villarreal.
Arsenal started Viktor Gyokeres, who joined Sporting in July by a quota that could increase to £ 64 million and did not have a significant impact after being introduced late against Spurs.
Another new striker, Noni Madueke, is on the bench after losing his Asia tour while recovering from the Chelsea campaign in the Club World Cup in June and July.
Gabriel and Jurrien Timber are injured, while the supporter Riccardo Calafieri is absent after losing the game against Spurs with a knee injury.
The head of Leandro Trossard has no risk after leaving this game.
Athletic Bilbao also visits Arsenal on Saturday (17:00 BST / 12:00 ET / 09:00 PT) and Arteta expects high -level meetings with LaLiga clubs.
“The Villarreal plays at the highest level and has a manager at Marcelino who likes to play a very specific type of system and training that we will find in the Premier League this season,” predicted Espanyol.
“Playing against the Spanish opposition will also require other things from us and I hope they are really good games.
“When we organize these preseason games, I always look at how the manager configures their teams, how they train their team, the type of players they have, how they train different phases of play against different blocks.
“We have a very good mix of this preseason. The knowledge and experience we gain from these games enters our” database “to help us throughout the season. It helps the way we have to evolve our game models.
“Each game will require something physically and (in terms) the spaces you have to attack or protect, and different ways (opponents) can also play in their accumulation.
“So we have to nail it and improve it. Play against Vila -Real will help you, so it is a good game for us.”
Arsenal Start XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly, Norgaard, Merino, Nwaneri, Saka, Martinelli, Gyokeres
Arsenal substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Setford, Timber, Gabriel, Mosqua, Zinhenko, Longune, Zubimendi, Odegaard, Madueke, Rice, Dowman, Harriman-Annous
Willy Kambwala is in Villarreal with an injury to the left that suffered the French-Congolian defender during his friendly against Genoa on July 31.
The Ombudsman of Cap Verdean, Logan Costa, had a surgery on Tuesday due to a complete rupture of the previous cross ligament on the left knee, who suffered the injury during his preseason open against FC Basel on July 19.
The Arsenal’s ex-anal, Nicolas Pepe, begins and Santiago Mourino, who debuted in the 1-1 tie at Leeds United on Saturday, maintains his place.
Thomas Partey is expected to sign Villarreal this week, but the Arsenal ex -championman, who will appear on Wednesday in the Westminster Magistrates Court after being charged with five allegations of rape and one of sexual assault, will not be on board in time to return to the Emirates Stadium.
Villarreal is not uncommon for the Emirates Stadium, although they have failed to score their three previous visits.
The opening of the 41st minute of Kolo Toure at home for Arsenal demonstrated the only goal of the tie in the semifinals of the 2005/06 Champions League, with Riquelme a late penalty for Villarreal on his return to the Madrigal Stadium.
The teams met again in London, a tie in the quarterfinals, which was set at 1-1 after the first stage of 2009, only for Arsenal to pass with a 3-0 victory.
Theo Walcott, Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin Van Persie marked that occasion, and Villarreal are unbeaten at the two meetings between the clubs since.
Under the former man of Arsenal Uni Emery, Villarreal won the first 2-1 game at home against the Arteta team in the semifinals of the European League 2020/21, Manu Trigueros and Raul Albiol scoring before Pepe’s late response.
The second stage ended 0-0, sending the yellow submarine to a final, they won 11-10 in penalties against Manchester United after a 1-1 tie in Gdansk.
Villarreal starting XI: Junior, Mourino, Marin, Foyth, Cardona, Gueye, Moleiro, Parejo, Pepe, Eyong, Moreno
Villarreal substitutes: Gomez, Conde, Navarro, Suarez, Danjuma, Altimira, Comeana, Buchanan, Pedraza, Valou, Cabanes
The arsenal against Villar -Real starts at 18:00 BST / 13:00 ET / 10:00 Pt Wednesday. The game is not being projected on television but can be seen through Arsenal website.
The game costs £ 6.99, with a package that includes the match against Athletic Bilbao from £ 10.99.
The accumulation begins an hour before the starting shot and there are repeated shows three and six hours after the full time.
The first round of Premier League matches 2025/26 will be the weekend of August 16, 2025, including Arsenal’s trip to Manchester United on Sunday, August 17 at 16:30 BST.
The match against the finalists of the Europa League 2024/25 is live in the United Kingdom at Sky Sports Premier League, Ultra and Main Event.
The last round of games this season will begin at the same time on May 24, 2026. There will be no rounds at 60 hours of each other and there will be no device on December 24.
After qualifying for the Champions League finishing the fifth place last season, Villarreal launched its campaign 2025/26 at home in Oviedo on August 15 (20:30 BST / 15:30 ET / 12:30 PT).
Its visitors were promoted through the play-off after coming third to the division of Second.