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Tom Doyle

Arsenal vs Bayern line-ups: Confirmed team news and starting XIs as Gunners wear new 'bruised banana' away kit

Unai Emery has brought in the big guns as Arsenal face Bayern Munich in the International Champions Cup.

Mesut Ozil, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette all start in attack for the Gunners in Los Angeles against Bundesliga champions Bayern.

Emery has picked a near-full -strength starting lineup for a big test against Germany's top side, with Bernd Leno also restored in goal along with a strong defence.

Gabriel Martinelli - who scored a goal on his Gunners debut in the 3-0 win over Colorado Rapids - drops to the bench, along with fellow goalscorers Bukayo Saka and James Olayinka.

As for Bayern, Niko Kovac has promised to field two different XIs in each half in a bid to get his squad as fit as possible in pre-season.

The likes of Thiago Alcantara, Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng, Thomas Muller and David Alaba start, while Robert Lewandowski and new signing Benjamin Pavard wait on the bench along with former Gunner Serge Gnabry.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Mustafi, Sokratis, Monreal, Xhaka, Willock, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Aubameyang, Lacazette

Subs: Martinez, Macey, Chambers, Nelson, Jenkinson, Nketiah, Kolasinac, Martinelli, Burton, John-Jules, Medley, Olayinka, Thompson, Saka

Bayern XI: Neuer, Thiago, Martinez, Arp, Boateng, Tolisso, Muller, Alaba, Ontuzans, Johansson, Kehl

Subs: Ulreich, Hoffmann, Sule, Pavard, Lewandowski, Goretzka, Davies, Gnabry, Coman, Kimmich, Sanches, Zaiser, Singh, Poznanski, Mihaljevic, Stiller

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