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·8 August 2024
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Final audition for Gunners until new Premier League season
Arsenal play their final pre-season game of the summer when they host Lyon in the Emirates Cup on Sunday.
The Gunners returned from their pre-season tour of the USA to beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-1 on Wednesday night, raising confidence for the season ahead.
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.
Arsenal vs Lyon is scheduled for a 2pm BST kick-off time on Sunday 11 August, 2024.
The Emirates Stadium in London will host.
TV channel and live stream: The game will be broadcast to subscribers on Arsenal’s official website.
LIVE coverage: Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!
Arteta is hopeful summer signing Riccardo Calafiori will be able to make his debut, having missed the win over Leverkusen as he gets to grips with life at a new club.
Riccardo Calafiori could make his Arsenal debut on Sunday
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Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka were handed their first minutes since getting to the Euro 2024 final with England, so will likely feature once more as they build-up their fitness.
Jurrien Timber is struggling with a foot injury ahead of the new season.
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.
Arsenal to win, 3-0.
Arsenal wins: 1
Draws: 1
Lyon wins: 0