Arsenal will keep their French links alive and travel to face Angers in their penultimate pre-season friendly on Wednesday. Both teams looking to end their current winless patches after failing to win their last two games. As the preseason draws to an end and the regular campaign waits just around the corner, both squads are out to spark a revival.
International Friendly: Arsenal vs Angers
When: Wednesday, July 31
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
TV Channel: beIN Sports
Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)
Arsenal and Angers have had eerily similar preseasons in terms of results, each winning their first three games before dipping slightly. In fact, even the scorecards were identical in those winless results, drawing 2-2, before losing 2-1 in their most recent outings.
The Gunners fell victim to a Lyon comeback at the Emirates Stadium last time out, with Moussa Dembele scoring twice for the Ligue 1 outfit after Pierre-Emerick Aubamyang scored to give Arsenal the lead.
Alexandre Lacazette injured his ankle against his former club and won’t play any part on Wednesday after he was forced off early. That could see Eddie Nketiah return to Unai Emery’s lineup, having netted three goals in two appearances earlier in the preseason.
Attacking midfielder Flavien Tait, 26, is one talent in the Angers camp worth keeping an eye on, while striker Stephane Bahoken was their top scorer with 11 Ligue 1 goals last season and could be a threat.
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