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Malik Ouzia

Arsenal vs Lyon lineups: Confirmed team news and predicted XIs for Emirates Cup clash

Arsenal are back in London for their only home pre-season friendly of the summer today as they meet Lyon in the Emirates Cup.

The Gunners' pre-season tournament returns after a hiatus last year, but as a one-off fixture for the men's team, with the women's team facing Bayern Munich first.

Arsenal fans may get their first look at new signing Dani Ceballos, who joined on a season-long loan from Real Madrid earlier this week, though fellow new signing William Saliba will not feature until next season, having returned to St Etienne on loan.

Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac are available to play after escaping unharmed from an attempted carjacking by an armed gang.

Club captain Laurent Koscielny is not expected to play as his stand-off with the club over his future continues, but countryman Alexandre Lacazette is likely to feature against his former side.

Lucas Torreira, Matteo Guendouzi, Alex Iwobi and Mohamed Elneny are yet to return to action after their summer exertions on international duty.


Predicted line-ups

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

Lyon XI: Lopes, Denayer, Dubois, Yanga-Mbiwa, Rafael, Mendes, Tousart, Cheikh, Terrier, Depay, Traore.

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