Arsenal continues its pre-season tour in Asia on Thursday when they face the rivals of northern London Tottenham Hotspur in Hong Kong.
Having followed their 1-0 victory against Milan by defeating his other premier colleague High-Flycastle United 3-2, the Gunners will aim to win their third successive pre-season victory in the first northern derby of London never organized outside the United Kingdom.
The majority of the summer signatures of Arsenal made their unofficial debut, but all the eyes will be on Crinthian Mosquera and Viktor Gyökeres on Thursday, which could both occur for the first time for their new club.
Here’s how Mikel Arteta could line his side.
GK: David Raya—Raya shared a few minutes with compatriot and new recruit Kepa Arrizabalaga during the pre-season. However, the first started the two games and seems likely to appear again between the sticks.
RB: Ben White –Jurriën Timber’s injury led White to play more than an hour in the two friendly Arsenal pre-season matches. The Englishman will start KAI TAK SPORTS PARK and come up against his son Heung-Min.
CB: William Saliba –Saliba is still missing his partner as a regular central defender, Gabriel Magalhães out of action since the beginning of April. Anyway, the Frenchman has proven his class in recent months.
CB: JAKUB KIWIOR—Riccardo Calafiori was injured against Newcastle and that means that Kiwior is likely to enter the team. The Polish international provided a sumptuous aid to the narrow victory of Arsenal against Milan.
LB: Myles Lewis -Skelly –Lewis-Skelly was not too impressive against Newcastle and will have to improve when he faces the new Spurs Signer Mohammed Kudus on Thursday.
CM: Martin Ødegaard –The skipper scored from the penalty against Newcastle to ensure the victory the last time. The chief creator of Arsenal will aim to pull the strings against an uncertain midfielder from Tottenham.
CM: MartInn zubimeri-The summer signature impressed during its two pre-season outings and instantly seemed comfortable at the base of the impressive Arsenal midfielder.
CM: Declan Rice—Rice could return to the starting training after having a 20 -minute cameo against Newcastle. English is undefeated in three derbies from northern London.
RW: The book will notSaka scored the winning goal against Milan and wreaked havoc for Tottenham Gauche Djed Spence. The insatiable winger will want to create a certain momentum before the new campaign.
St: kai havertz—Gyökeres could play a role against the Spurs, but might have to accept a place on the bench initially. Havertz has already played 140 minutes during the pre-season and should have more to his credit.
LW: Gabriel Martinelli—Martinelli must increase its performance to postpone competition from 52 million pounds Sterling ($ 69.1 million) of Noni Madueke’s signature. The Brazilian was a little out of pace during the friendly matches this summer.
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