Arsenal vs. Real Betis friendly prediction, start time, how to watch

Arsenal faces Real Betis at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on Wednesday in a preseason friendly, the first meeting between the two clubs at any level. The Gunners have had a comfortable summer so far, beating MK Dons 3-0 behind closed doors and Girona 4-1 on Saturday. Arsenal won the Premier League last sea

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Arsenal faces Real Betis at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on Wednesday in a preseason friendly, the first meeting between the two clubs at any level.

The Gunners have had a comfortable summer so far, beating MK Dons 3-0 behind closed doors and Girona 4-1 on Saturday.

Arsenal won the Premier League last season and reached the Champions League final. Max Dowman scored and set one up in Girona. New signing Christos Tzolis also found the net.

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Betis is much further along in its preparations. Manuel Pellegrini's side has played five friendlies already, with a 4-0 win over Lyon plus victories against Sportfreunde Lotte, Recreativo Huelva and Almería.

Only Granada has beaten Betis this summer. Betis finished fifth in La Liga

last season, which puts the club back in the Champions League for the first time in 20 years.

A fun wrinkle to this one: Héctor Bellerín is set to face his old club for the first time since leaving Arsenal in 2021.

Arsenal vs. Real Betis prediction, pick

Betis has two extra weeks of work banked and put four past Lyon, so this should be the first real resistance Arsenal has met all summer. Arteta is also still without Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke.

Prediction: Arsenal 2, Real Betis 2