Overview
Arsenal has just secured a resounding 4-1 victory against Bayer Leverkusen, the reigning Bundesliga champion. Zinchenko, Trossard, Jesus, and Havertz were the players who scored goals to bring victory to the team coached by Mikel Arteta.
This is also the most impressive match of The Gunners in the summer 2024 friendly series. Prior to this, Arsenal drew 1-1 with Bournemouth, defeated Manchester United 2-1, and lost to Liverpool 1-2.
The friendly match against Lyon as part of the Emirates Cup will be the final training session for "The Gunners" before the new 2024-2025 season begins. In the last 5 Emirates Cup events, "The Gunners" have won 4 times and will be very confident in their next victory.
Meanwhile, Lyon has not had a good result in recent friendly matches, despite their opponents not being highly rated. The team at Parc Olympique Lyonnais has defeated WSG Tirol and Union Berlin, but drawn with Torino and lost to St. Pauli.
The match against Arsenal is considered a high-stakes test for the team coached by Pierre Sage and is expected to be challenging.
Regarding the head-to-head record, Arsenal has a slight advantage over Lyon with 2 wins and 1 loss in their last 3 encounters. The Premier League team has scored 10 goals and conceded only 2. In addition to the home advantage, Arteta's team is likely to win.
However, Lyon is one of the 5 non-English teams that have beaten Arsenal at the Emirates Cup. They defeated "The Gunners" in 2019, thereby repeating the achievement of New York RB, Hamburger, Galatasaray, and Valencia in the history of the tournament.
Team Status
Arsenal is still unable to have the services of Kieran Tierney and Takehiro Tomiyasu due to injury. Otherwise, the team's key players who have returned after the summer break are all in good shape and ready to play.
On the other side, Lacazette, Rayan Cherki, Johann Lepenant, and Lassine Diarra have just attended the Olympics and are not yet available to return.
Expected Lineup:
Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Rice, Havertz, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli.
Lyon: Lopes, Mata, Caleta-Car, Niakhate, Abner, Mangala, Matic, Caqueret, Maitland-Niles, Mikautadze, Benrahma.
The match between Arsenal vs Lyon will take place at 20h00 on August 11 (Vietnam time).
