With the premier league season not too far away, Arsenal face Colorado in their first prea season game this summer.
Arsenal have been under a lot of pressure after missing out on a champions league spot last season and therefore getting a limited transfer budget to the fury of their supporters.
The coach Emery will look at this opportunity to test their bench strength against Colorado who played their last game against Portland and played out a 2- 2 draw.
Here’s a look at the game
Where will the match be played?
This match is to be played at the DSG Park
What time does the match between Arsenal vs Colrado start?
The clash will take place at July 16, 2019, 06:30 AM, IST
Stats and Facts for Arsenal vs Colrado
Arsenal– L D W W W L
Colrado – W D W L D D
This is the first game between these two teams.
Arsenal
Colrado
Arsenal (squad)
Leno, Martinez, Macey, Bellerin, Jenkinson, Chambers, Sokratis, Mustafi, Holding, Mavropanos, Medley, Monreal, Kolasinac, Thompson, Maitland-Niles, Willock, Xhaka, Burton, Olayinka, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Saka, Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nketiah, John-Jules
Colrado
Howard (gk), Rosenberry, Abubakar, Smith, Vines, Mezquida, Wilson, Shinyashiki, Rubio,Bassett, Kamara.
Mesut Ozil.
It is an important season for Ozil after the criticism that he has faced in the season and he will look to get back to his best and improve his and his team’s performance. His stats for previous year were
Goals : 6 Assists :3
Pierre Aubameyang
The striker was prolific in the last season winning the joint golden boot award in the league and also clinicial in the Europa league season. His statistics were as follows
Goals :30 Assists :6
X Factor : Alexandre Lacazette, Aaubameyang’s strike partner is also a very consistent goal scorer with 18 goals in the previous season..
Kei Kamara
The veteran striker has been enjoying his time in the Major league soccer and been in good scoring form. His scoring instincts have been on point and he has been scoring almost a goal every 2 games
Goals :8 Assists :1
Diego Rubio
The Chilian forward is good in the air with his aerial duels and also very good with his finishing instincts.He will be looking to add to his goals tally in this game
Goals :4 Assists :1
X factor – Andre Shinyashiki The young midfielder has impressed in his recent opportunities and has scored 4 goals and 1 assists in this game
Should be a win for Arsenal winning 2- 0.
The team is based on the aforementioned Fantasy Football Picks and X-Factor Star.
Team 1
Team 2