Arsenal vs Fiorentina
2019 International Champions Cup
Venue: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Date: Saturday, July 20, 2019
Kick-off time: 6pm ET, 11pm BST
Arsenal are looking for their second International Champions Cup win of the summer as Unai Emery's Gunners face Fiorentina in North Carolina.
While it has been something of a chaotic pre-season off the pitch for Arsenal, the north London club have been in impressive form on it with a routine 3-0 win over Colorado Rapids before surprising Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.
Eddie Nketiah struck late on to seal a 2-1 win over Bayern to earn Arsenal three ICC points, and they are looking for another three against Italian outfit Fiorentina on Saturday night.
Here's what you need to know...
Arsenal team news and tour squad
Arsenal predicted XI: Macey; Jenkinson, Chambers, Sokratis, Kolasinac; Burton, John-Jules, Olayinka, Martinelli, Saka, Nketiah
Emery has named two completely different starting lineups for the Gunners' two opening pre-season games, and should ring the changes once again on Saturday.
Expect the likes of Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nhetiah and Tyreece John-Jules to be restored, while James Olayinka should get another crack after scoring a fine goal against Colorado Rapids.
Arsenal are without club captain Laurent Koscielny, who refused to travel to the US. Alex Iwobi and Mohamed Elneny are also absent after their exertions at the Africa Cup of Nations, while Krystian Bielik, Matteo Guendouzi, and Lucas Torreira are also unavailable.
Rob Holding, Hector Bellerin and Konstantinos Mavropanos are all still recovering from injury, meanwhile.
Arsenal's US tour squad: Leno, Martinez, Macey, Bellerin, Jenkinson, Chambers, Sokratis, Mustafi, Holding, Mavropanos, Medley, Monreal, Kolasinac, Thompson, Maitland-Niles, Willock, Xhaka, Burton, Olayinka, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Saka, Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nketiah, John-Jules
Prediction: Arsenal 3-1 Fiorentina
This prediction comes with the usual precursor that the result could largely depend on both sides' relative levels of fitness, but Emery will be confident of another victory as he juggles his options in a bid to get his full squad game-time in the States,
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Match odds
- Arsenal to win: 10/11
- Fiorentina to win: 14/5
- Draw: 14/5
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TV channel and live stream information
The match will be shown live on Premier Sports 1 in the UK.
Premier Sports 1 is available on TV on Sky (412) and Virgin (551), as well as via mobile and computers.
Standard Sport will have full coverage of the match.
Head to head (H2H) record
The teams have met twice before in the Champions League back in 1999, with the sides drawing 0-0 in London before La Viola beat the Gunners 1-0 in Italy.
