Arsenal play their traditional curtain-raiser for the new season today when Lyon travel to north London for the Emirates Cup.
While there will be tougher tests to come in the near future, Mikel Arteta is accelerating his attempts to take his side to the title this time around.
Here’s everything you need to know about the game.
Date, kick-off time and venue
Arsenal vs Lyon is scheduled for a 2pm BST kick-off time today, Sunday August 11, 2024.
The Emirates Stadium in London will host.
Riccardo Calafiori has been named on the bench
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Where to watch Arsenal vs Lyon
TV channel and live stream: The game will be broadcast to subscribers on Arsenal’s official website.
Arsenal vs Lyon team news
Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Gabriel, Saliba, Zinchenko, Rice, Partey, Odegaard, Saka, Havertz, Martinelli
Subs: Ramsdale, Setford, Kiwior, Calafiori, Heaven, Nichols, Jorginho, Lewis-Skelly, Nelson, Nwaneri, Trossard, Jesus, Nketiah
Lyon XI: Perri, Mata, Caleta-Car, Niakhate, Abner, Matic, Maitland-Niles, Caqueret, Tolisso, Benrahma, Mikautadze
Subs: Lopes, Tagliafico, Balde, Orban, Lima Silva, Kumbedi, Sarr, Mangala, Bengui, Diawara, Nuamah.
Arsenal vs Lyon prediction
Results clearly are not the most important thing in pre-season but Arsenal looked so good on Wednesday that it makes it difficult to look past them.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Their only competitive meetings came in the Champions League second group stage of 2000-01, with a win in France key to Arsenal reaching the quarter-finals.
