Arsenal face Manchester United in a pre-season friendly in the USA, with kick-off 1am UK time on July 28, 2024 – but how can you watch from the UK?
Read on to find out how to stream the match, as well as the team news and a prediction as the two Premier League heavyweights battle it out in Los Angeles…
Arsenal and Manchester United are set for a showdown in Los Angeles, California.
They will lock horns at the 70,240-seat SoFi Stadium, which is the home of two NFL American football teams, the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.
The cheapest way for fans in the UK to watch the match is via Arsenal.com and the official Arsenal app, with their coverage starting at midnight BST.
That’s because the Gunners are offering a special £4.99 early bird deal, which gives users a one-game pass to watch the match against Erik ten Hag’s side.
It should be noted that the offer expires on the day of the match, though, and then goes up to £14.99.
If you are more keen for United-focused coverage, you can sign up to MUTV for £7.99 a month to watch the clash against Mikel Arteta’s men.
Jurrien Timber, Thomas Partey, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Leandro Trossard, Ben White, Martin Odegaard, Jorginho, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Jesus and Reiss Nelson have all featured so far in pre-season for Arsenal.
The Gunners still have the likes of Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, David Raya, William Saliba and Kai Havertz to return from their summer breaks. Karl Hein has been playing in goal thus far.
In terms of United, Jadon Sancho is back after resolving his high-profile fall-out with Ten Hag and Amad Diallo has looked sharp after his goal against Rangers.
Andre Onana, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Casemiro, Christian Eriksen, Mason Mount, Rasmus Hojlund, Scott McTominay and Marcus Rashford have all travelled to the United States of America as well as summer signing Leny Yoro.
Joshua Zirkzee is still on his summer break along with Kobbie Mainoo, Luke Shaw, Alejandro Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Dalot and Facundo Pellistri.
It’s extremely hard to predict pre-season friendlies, given they are usually a time for teams to experiment and both sides will be missing a number of key players.
That being said, Arsenal are arguably the favourites given their stronger overall squad, while they have faced higher-quality opposition in pre-season thus far.
The north Londoners defeated Premier League side AFC Bournemouth via a penalty shootout on Thursday while United lost to Norwegian side Rosenborg and then beat Scottish side Rangers.
Prediction: Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd
Check out the teams’ official YouTube channels after the match for all the highlights.
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