Arsenal vs Como - prediction, team news, lineups

Arsenal's last affable earlier the Community Shield volition instrumentality spot astatine the Emirates against Como connected Wednesday.

Mikel Arteta volition beryllium keen to bounce backmost with a triumph against Cesc Fabregas's visitors, with the caput manager having lost against Borussia Dortmund last weekend, and a triumph connected Wednesday volition beryllium cleanable mentation for Sunday's clash with Manchester City.

Match preview

Arsenal's pre-season is nearing its end, but they person present mislaid 2 and won 1 of their 3 friendlies this summer, with their latest effect a 3-2 decision to Dortmund connected Sunday.

Arteta volition not beryllium peculiarly acrophobic by the effect fixed this play is astir gathering fittingness and implementing caller tactics up of the caller Premier League season.

However, determination are undoubtedly gaps successful his squad, and it volition beryllium concerning to supporters that the broadside look abbreviated successful the guardant line.

Viktor Gyokeres whitethorn person scored from the punishment spot against Dortmund, but helium struggled successful a fig of areas during the match, including linking play with his teammates.

While the Londoners were triumphant successful the 4 location games anterior to their decision to Borussia Dortmund, they person mislaid 2 and drawn 1 of their past 7 outings astatine the Emirates.

Arsenal scored 1 oregon less goals successful 4 of those 7 matches, though they managed to support 5 cleanable sheets, and their antiaircraft frailty against BVB was uncharacteristic.

A instrumentality to the Emirates for Fabregas is definite to beryllium a memorable occasion, adjacent if determination is simply a accidental that his 8 years of work are somewhat tainted by his 5 years astatine rivals Chelsea.

Como whitethorn person finished 4th successful Serie A past term, but that was arguably the astir awesome accomplishment of immoderate squad successful Italy considering Champions League qualification for a squad that were successful Serie D arsenic precocious arsenic 2017-18 was unthinkable.

The visitors' pre-season run has been comparatively straightforward, with the nine experiencing 2 wins, 1 stalemate and 1 penalty-shootout loss.

I Biancoblu recovered the backmost of the nett connected 9 occasions successful those fixtures, portion they conceded six goals, and they person present failed to support a cleanable expanse for 5 consecutive games.

Como's grounds connected their travels was beardown successful the league successful 2025-26 fixed they ended the play with 3 victories successful a enactment connected the road, and lone AC Milan and Inter Milan boasted amended distant records.

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Team News

Arsenal fans volition beryllium keen to drawback a glimpse of newcomer Bruno Guimaraes, who signed for the nine past week aft his £75m determination from Newcastle United.

Declan Rice has returned to grooming aft an extended interruption pursuing his World Cup exploits, arsenic person Bukayo Saka and David Raya, truthful expect each 3 to marque an quality astatine immoderate point.

Arteta has already revealed that defenders William Saliba and Jurrien Timber volition miss a important period, with the erstwhile ruled retired for months, truthful a makeshift backline featuring the likes of Ben White and Cristhian Mosquera is apt to beryllium selected.

Como signed centre-back Trevoh Chalobah from Chelsea astatine the opening of August, and helium is successful enactment to marque his archetypal quality for the club.

Midfielders Maximo Perrone and Adrian Lahdo could commencement up of an attacking quartet of Assane Diao, Maxence Caqueret, Mattia Liberali and Anastasios Douvikas.

Arsenal imaginable starting lineup:

Raya; White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori; Guimaraes, Lewis-Skelly; Dowman, Odegaard, Tzolis; Havertz

Como imaginable starting lineup:

Butez; Smolcic, Ramon, Chalobah, Kaiki; Perrone, Lahdo; Diao, Caqueret, Liberali; Douvikas

We say: Arsenal 2-1 Como

It would beryllium astonishing if the crippled was peculiarly precocious scoring, though the summation of Guimaraes to the hosts' midfield could beryllium a important boost.

Arsenal volition anticipation to amended defensively, and the instrumentality of cardinal stars whitethorn assistance them get implicit the enactment astatine the Emirates connected Wednesday without excessively overmuch trouble.

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