Arsenal host Athletic Club at the Emirates Stadium this evening for each team’s final pre-season action of the summer.
Billed as the 2025 Emirates Cup, the friendly will mark the first time these two opponents – who jousted over Bilbao forward Nico Williams in recent months – have gone head to head on the pitch
It offers both sides a chance to turn their respective fortunes around before their league campaigns begin; the Gunners have lost each of their last two outings – against Tottenham and Villarreal – while their Basque opponents have been beaten in five straight appearances, including a double-header against Liverpool earlier this week.
Also at stake is the honour of winning this relatively low-stakes pre-season competition, which has been held 12 times since its inception back in 2007.
Arsenal have emerged victorious on eight of those occasions, including five of the last six – three of them (Villareal in 2015, Sevilla in 2017 and 2022) against Spanish opposition.
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