Arsenal take on Borussia Dortmund in the Emirates Cup, their penultimate preseason friendly of the season. The Gunners have won the showcase trophy ten times, five consecutively. They play Como on Wednesday before the Community Shield against Manchester City next Sunday. The Premier League season starts on Friday, August 21st with newly-promoted Coventry visiting the Emirates.
Arsenal – Kepa, Calafiori, Gabriel, Mosquera, White, Lewis-Skelly, Ødegaard, Havertz, Tzolis, Dowman, Gyokeres
Dortmund – Meyer,
Bensebaini, Bellingham, Nmecha, Beier, Karetsas, Silva, Gadoli, Svensson, Mane, Inacio
The club debuted new signing Bruno Guimaraes to the home crowd before kickoff. The England contingent — Declan Rice, Ebere Eze, Noni Madueke, and Bukayo Saka — should be back in training soon, followed by the Spaniards — David Raya, Martin Zubimendi, and Mikel Merino. From looking at the available header images for this post, it seems as David Raya is back with the team. He was stopping shots in the warmup today.
Today’s match is streaming on Arsenal’s YouTube. It may be available elsewhere if that’s not working for you, check social media (Bluesky, Threads, former Twitter). As ever, don’t put too much stock in preseason matches, particularly for an Arsenal side that doesn’t have a significant number of the first team players available.
