Arsenal vs Monaco LIVE: Gunners look to win Emirates Cup in final pre-season game – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Arsenal will conclude a successful pre-season by looking to retain the Emirates Cup against French side Monaco this week.

The Gunners are back on home turf after their tours of Germany and America ahead of the Community Shield against Manchester City this Sunday.

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Mikel Arteta’s side have two wins, a draw and a defeat from their four friendlies so far this summer.

Arsenal will be buoyed by beating Barcelona 5-3 last time out as they return to north London to face Monaco – just four days before they play City in the 2023/24 season curtain-raiser.

The two sides are synonymous with Arsene Wenger and will meet for the 12th edition of the Emirates Cup, with Arsenal looking to claim their seventh title after thrashing Sevilla 6-0 last summer.

Arsenal vs Monaco: How to follow

The Emirates Cup showdown will take place on Wednesday, August 2.

Kick-off at the Emirates Stadium is scheduled for 6pm.

Fans can live stream all the action on Arsenal.com or the Arsenal App for just £4.99 with an early bird pass – It will be £6.99 on match day.

talkSPORT will have updates and talkSPORT.com will also be running a live blog of Arsenal’s latest pre-season fixture as well.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

u can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Arsenal vs Monaco: Team news

The Gunners are struggling with several injuries, but record signing Declan Rice is set to recover from a knock that kept him out of the win over Barcelona.

Folarin Balogun and Oleksandr Zinchenko both face late fitness tests however, while Reiss Nelson and Albert Sambi Lokonga are longer absentees.

Monaco are expected to be without Axel Diasi as he closes in on a £38.5million switch to Chelsea.

The Ligue 1 side are also set to be without Breel Embolo as he continues to struggle with injury.

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What has been said?

Arsenal sporting Director Edu said: “The Emirates Cup is always such an important part of our pre-season preparations and we thank our partners Emirates for their continued fantastic support.

“Once again this year, we are welcoming strong opposition to play us in an exciting match in front of our supporters.

“AS Monaco are a team with many good players and will provide us with a very competitive challenge ahead of the new season.

“We are all really pleased with how our pre-season schedule is shaping up, with the aim of giving Mikel, the players and all our staff the best possible preparation as we lead into the start of the season.”