1′ We’re underway!
The two sides are making their way out onto the pitch, with just a few minutes to go until kick-off. Stay tuned for all of the match action!
PSG are without a number of their star players due to the likes of Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe currently enjoying extended breaks following their World Cup duties. Tuchel has opted for a young and inexperienced side to play Arsenal today, however they are boosted by Italian veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon in goal.
Emile Smith Rowe impressed for the Gunners, scoring a stunning equaliser as Emery gave run-outs to a few of his young stars against Atletico. Smith Rowe picked up a slight knock and therefore doesn’t start today, with the Arsenal manager making a number of changes ahead of today’s game. Mesut Ozil who didn’t feature against Atletico, returns to the Arsenal side today and he will be captaining the Gunners.
PSG SUBS: Kevin Trapp, Giovani Lo Celso, Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, Virgillu Postolachi, Moussa Sissako, Arthur Zagre, Alexandre Fressange, Sebastien Cibois
PSG (3-4-2-1): Gianluigi Buffon (GK); Loic Mbe Soh, Lassana Diarra, Kevin Rimane; Alec Georgen, Antoine Bernede, Adrien Rabiot (c), Stanley Nsoki; Christopher Nkunku, Azzeddine Toufiqui; Timothy Weah
ARSENAL SUBS: Petr Cech, Aaron Ramsey, Alexandre Lacazette, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Rob Holding, Calum Chambers, Emiliano Martinez, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Lucas Perez, Reiss Nelson Eddie Nketiah, Jordi Osei-Tutu, Emile Smith Rowe, Joe Willock
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno (GK); Hector Bellerin, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Shkodran Mustafi, Sead Kolasinac; Mohamed Elneny, Matteo Guendouzi; Alex Iwobi, Mesut Ozil (c), Henrikh Mkhitarian; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
The team news is in, here is how the two teams will line-up today…
The Gunners will be looking to capitalise on their solid display against Atletico Madrid, when they drew 1-1, however they went on to lose 3-1 on penalties. Meanwhile the French champions will be aiming to bounce back from their 3-1 loss against Bayern Munich.
Both clubs have new managers ahead of the new season, as ex-Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel is also readying for the new Ligue 1 campaign with PSG. While it’s an early reunion with PSG for Unai Emery, the former PSG boss is set to guide Arsenal in their first Premier League season without Arsene Wenger as manager, after the Frenchman’s 22 years in charge of the Gunners came to an end last season.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today’s International Champions Cup game between Arsenal and PSG.
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2′ Excellent early pressure by Arsenal, they are pressing high up the pitch and force PSG into making a mistake deep in their own half as they tried to play the ball out from the back. However, they cannot capitalise on this opportunity and PSG do well to get out of trouble.